[alberg30] Re: [alberg30] Re: [alberg30] Yves Gélinas, A talented man from a talented family.

Pete petejill at sprynet.com
Mon Mar 29 04:32:47 PST 1999


From: "Pete" <petejill at sprynet.com>

If his boat is named Atom, he has written accounts of his adventures for
Cruising world.

Pete H.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rap1208 at aol.com <Rap1208 at aol.com>
To: alberg30 at onelist.com <alberg30 at onelist.com>
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 5:01 AM
Subject: [alberg30] Re: [alberg30] Yves Gélinas, A talented man from a
talented family.


>From: Rap1208 at aol.com
>
>Just a note: Going around the world under sail, in any kind if boat is
quite a
>feat.  Back in 1986 I had a chance to ttalk to and see a slide show put on
by
>a young man named Jim  ..... who sailed around the world, alone in a
pearson
>Triton. He left from Mt Clemens, Mich, on the Clinton river, where I keep
my
>boat, at the tender age of 18.  He left with only $200 in his pocket. and
>planned on working to pay his way, which he did.. Before he left, he
removed
>his engine also, looking for storage space, and turned into a vegatarian.
He
>walked across every Island that he stoped at, and spent time with ex-
>headhunters in Borneo.  Took him about 3 years.  I'm suprised that I
haven't
>seen his story in a book.
>Russ
>
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