Multihulls World readers love to sail far and wide on their catamarans ot trimarans to discover the world. The story of the owner of Rose Noire is particularly interesting. A highly experienced sailor, he has chosen an unusual route, and here he shares with us much of his advice for preparing a blue-water cruising catamaran. With more than 71,000 miles on the log, he has some pretty wise advice.
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Publié le
16/12/2016
Par
Philippe Echelle and Jean-François Raymond
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146
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An alternative route to the traditional circumnavigation Corneille wrote “that for souls nobly born, valor doesn’t await the passing of years”, and the voyages of Jean-François Raymond brilliantly demonstrate that age has nothing to with ambition and that you need to look elsewhere for motivation… or alibis. Aged 65, the owner of Rose Noire gave in to an irrepressible desire to go cruising under sail. Two Atlantic circuits, then a trip round the Pacific took his Outremer 55 Light from the Mediterranean to Polynesia and then on to Alaska. Partly carried out in the company of the cruising family…
