Monday, December 28, 2009

A bit of background on Dilip Donde and his solo sail around the world.

Yet again, YouTube comes to the rescue with a bit of background on the sailor from Mumbai that is sailing around the world.  The video gives a good feel for the yacht, which looks like a good one to make such a voyage.   This is certainly a more powerful boat than the older design that Jessica Watson is aboard.

Dilip has been thrashing into unusual easterlies for the last few days, making for a very uncomfortable ride. It seems that the weather forecast will have a shift to more normal westerly winds soon. 

2 comments:

Anne Bonny (from Spain) said...

Hello,

Thanks for this video. I am following the adventure of Dilip Donde but its the first time that I have seen him and his yacht.

Best wishes from Spain.

( I have a friend who is preparing the same trip "solo circumnavigation" from Spain.
If you want to visit:
http://www.retoalavida.com/ )

Anne

Anonymous said...

to say that his boat is more advanced than jessica watson's only diminishes dilip's image. young jessica's journey is non-stop while dilip keeps halting at several places. while i have a great respect for dilip, i do believe that jessica is a different class altogether. please don't compare the two.