Fake Circumnavigations

[seandepagnier]

Lets also not forget that if the boat has an engine and used it for propulsion at any time, then this also disqualifies the claim of "sailing around the world" though they may claim to circumnavigate.

[Celestialsailor]

Folks...if you check Zambers previous threads, you can clearly see that he is a troll. He just loves that he can get peoples hair on end here. He has no boat, no life.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by Sailmonkey

Is this a real problem?

Only if you are a fake sailer.

Just noticed Celestialsailor beat me to it.

[AKA-None]

Originally Posted by seandepagnier

Lets also not forget that if the boat has an engine and used it for propulsion at any time, then this also disqualifies the claim of "sailing around the world" though they may claim to circumnavigate.

So no using an engine to enter a harbor? If I read you right

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by Sailmonkey

Is this a real problem?

No, it's a troll.

No one trucks a boat across the Panama Canal, as proposed as a big deal by the OP. It would cost more and take longer by the time you organized the bailouts at each end.

[aqfishing]

People lie about any and everything.

People lie about their golf score.

I am sure they lie about their miles, circumnavigation, single handed or not!

Big deal, they need to live with their lies, can’t see how it effects anyone else!

But yes, lying Troll for sure!

Fun read non the less!

[SV THIRD DAY]

Originally Posted by zamber

A lot of these circumnavigations that people claim are fake.

As are many posters on Cruising forum....
I present to to the ladies and gentlemen of the Cruising Forum Jury as Exhibit A, this thread.

[seandepagnier]

Originally Posted by AKA-None

So no using an engine to enter a harbor? If I read you right

Like the guy who "swam" across the pacific but got on a boat to sleep each night and they motored back to where he got out of the water because the boat drifts at night.


I guess technically if you motor to exactly where you were then it could be allowed. But we all know people don't do this, or are off by a few meters so generally speaking, anyone with an engine is disqualified.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by AKA-None

So no using an engine to enter a harbor? If I read you right

I believe that's just what he did.. Sculling in is a very feasible option, there was a guy used to do that on his Wharram Oro.

[fourlyons]

Yeah, my first cruising boat was a 25' cutter I sailed on Puget Sound for two years without an engine, only a sculling oar. Man that sucked.

[steve77]

Originally Posted by Cheyne

Okay Karen...

Regardless of the current use in pop culture and the media of the name "Karen", it still pisses me off when people use this name to describe someone who exhibits childish or unacceptable behavior. Use your own name however you wish, but I had a very dear sister in law taken by cancer, and I don't like to see her name misused.

Certainly not to describe this guy who is apparently unhappy with some circumnavigators.

Steve

[Cheyne]

Originally Posted by steve77

Regardless of the current use in pop culture and the media of the name "Karen", it still pisses me off when people use this name to describe someone who exhibits childish or unacceptable behavior. Use your own name however you wish, but I had a very dear sister in law taken by cancer, and I don't like to see her name misused.

Certainly not to describe this guy who is apparently unhappy with some circumnavigators.

Steve

Sorry she died. Not sorry for using the term.

[sailingabe41ds]

Originally Posted by aqfishing

People lie about any and everything.

People lie about their golf score.

I am sure they lie about their miles, circumnavigation, single handed or not!

Big deal, they need to live with their lies, can’t see how it effects anyone else!

But yes, lying Troll for sure!

Fun read non the less!

I never lie when I'm lying and I always tell the truth when I lie.

Honest....Abe

[jimbunyard]

Originally Posted by zamber

Sorry, but all around the world is 100%. A circle is 360 degrees, going only 359 means the circle was not completed.

So if I'm standing 3' from the North or South Pole, walk in a circle around either, does my 10' perambulation count as a circumnavigation?

[Taichungman]

This Thread just made me realize that I made a circumnavigation in 2016. I navigated by air from Taiwan to Cape Town S.A. via Beijing China. Then I sailed/navigated from Cape Town to Annapolis Md. Then I navigated via air to Texas and then on back to Taiwan, Only took me 6 months. I will not lie though, I did not go solo.