Time to Step it up!
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Lowell Sheppard: The 71-year-old 'Never Too Later' who traded life in Tokyo for a solo odyssey, transitioning from Pacific ambitions to the Japan Solo longevity project.
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In this episode, I move Wahine to a nearby marina where I will leave her for a few weeks as forward progress is difficult given the extended restrictions. I then dash off to Tokyo to celebrate with a few supporters the one year anniversary leaving Tokyo and then will spend some time with family. Watch to the end and find out how to get a free copy of my book NEVER TOO LATE.
Thanks to Claude of Sailing Anais for hosting on his boat: https://www.facebook.com/sailinganais
And also Thanks to Nao of Sailing Japan in Style for bringing her trumpet https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG8D1tlaMAWsN3OOAydxlhg
notes from the the last year.
It’s been a year since I departed Yumenoshima Marina and I am back in Tokyo to mark the moment… I finally got around to reviewing all my notes and log and the stats are listed below. I am a slow learner and committed in year two to step it up in terms time on the water and experiencing diverse conditions … but year one is what it is and I am grateful for every experience and lessons learned not too mention those who have been kind to me along the way
– 1257 nm (about 2300 km)
– 41 days at sea
– 38 ports ( I stayed longer than a week in 6)
– 6 weeks on the hard ( dry dock )
– three visits by the JCI.
– 9 inspections by the coast guard ( two at sea)
– 3 tows ( all to do with same incident)
– constant change of plans
– 70 % of the time motor sailed
– 2/3 of time at sea solo ( one third with crew)
– 4 night time passages ( three singlehanded and one with crew)
– one “pan pan pan pan pan pan”
– one rescue ( hence the tows)
If you are interesting in knowing how I am paying for this, when I am not a man of means, check out some new videos at https://www.nevertoolateacademy.com/
These videos are made possible by my Patrons: Trevor Webster, Steve Houck, Johny Gwin, Michael Coombs, Kats Honda, Michael Borgmann, Robin Mah, John King, J29BlackJack, Sumie and William Zies, David LaHeist, Claude Strobbe, Bruce McCaughan, Jeffrey Behr,
Thanks to all those making this voyage possible:
Keel Club Founding Members: Harry A. Hill / BetterU / Tokyo Supercars
And all my sponsors:
Premium Sponsors: UFC GYM Japan and GRHH
Tier One: Westlund Group, mackfilm LTD, Tokyo Super Cars, Foodsaver & VERSA
Tier Two: Dormeo, Merlin Solar. Upternes
Tier 3: GDI Communications, Rob Claar, The Aussies
Tier 4: Mike Alfant, Jim Weisser, Doug Hymas, Ted Carlson, Steve Houck,
and partial Sponsorship Satcom Global ( Iridium 9575) and DICS (Liferaft)
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