RYAN FINN (USA)|
| | Nomination |
Great to be nominating a
US sailor again for a major
oceanic achievement… it’s
been too long. Finn recently
completed what designer
and racer Mervyn Owen described well as
‘one of the greatest feats of seamanship
ever completed by an American sailor’. That
achievement… battling his way the wrong
way round Cape Horn to sail solo from New
York City to San Francisco onboard a far
from confidence-inspiring 36ft proa. The
non-stop voyage took him 93 (long) days
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| Why they won |
| ‘This was your moonshot, Ryan,
congratulations’ – Tony Drake;
‘Round the Horn in a 3,200lb
proa… seriously!’ – Murray
Jones; ‘Terrifying adventure!’
Michelle Clark; ’Sam is a great
sailor, but there is only one Ryan
Finn, taking a rebuilt and very
light (of course) plywood proa
the wrong way around Cape
Horn from NY to SF in such an
obviously seamanlike manner…
it’s barely credible’ – Jim Hardy;
‘Just so proud, proud, proud!!!’
– Michael Finn. |
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