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/
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Thanks to all those making this voyage possible:
Keel Club Founding Members: Harry A. Hill / BetterU / Tokyo Supercars
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