A Japanese guy has successfully finished his favorite activity, which is sailing nonstop across the Pacific Ocean, once more.
The unstoppable Kenichi Horie certainly didn’t anticipate pulling off the same ruse 60 years after he accomplished it once previously at the age of 23. However, that’s simply his nature.
setting out on March 27 with his 2,182 lb (990 kg), 19-foot (six-meter) Suntry Mermaid III yacht.
After two months of solo sailing across the greatest ocean in the world, Horie arrived at 2:39 a.m. local time on the Kii Peninsula in western Japan.
‘Aim to achieve more than just the state of dreams. Over a satellite phone, Horie told CNN, ‘Have a goal and work towards achieving this and a beautiful life awaits.’
Horie didn’t make any port calls, but he nevertheless made a daily check-in call to his family.
According to The Guardian, he is scheduled to land in Cape Hinomisaki on Saturday. Subsequently,
he will be transported back to his home port to participate in an arrival ceremony in Nishinomiya city, located in the Hyogo prefecture.
Since this is not his first trans-Pacific trip, it is not his first prize ceremony. At the age of 23, Horie, a salesman for secondhand auto parts,
made history by becoming the first person to cross the Pacific without assistance. Throughout the journey,
he only consumed canned food and rice, and he only had one radio for communication—all while traveling on a plywood ship, no less.
Horie stated, ‘I just wanted to take on the challenge—I had the confidence that I would make it.’
94 days later, he crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, and since he had no money or passport, he was taken into custody right away.
However, upon hearing about what he had done, Mayor George Christopher granted Horie an honorary visa, catapulting him into the status of a minor superstar.
‘Recall for a short moment, if you will, the deed of a young Japanese, who loved the yacht and the United States of America,’
is written on a placard located on the boat he arrived in at the National Maritime Museum in California.
In fact, Kenichi Horie has made numerous transpacific voyages, frequently aboard boats made from repurposed materials like aluminum cans, plastic bottles,
and beer kegs. One even had solar power. He hopes to keep doing these activities until he is 100 years old in order to spread awareness of the ocean’s unique resource.