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My dear friends, I have reached an important milestone in my journey. \u00a0The \u201cAKROS\u201d and I have passed the halfway point from New Zealand to Cape Horn in the Southern Ocean.<\/p>\n

According to the onboard computer, I have travelled (logged) 5,555 kilometres. \u00a0That\u2019s in total. \u00a0If you were to draw a straight line from the starting point to my current coordinates, you will find I have travelled 4,125 kilometres. \u00a0So I\u2019ve travelled 1,430 \u201csuperfluous\u201d kilometres. \u00a0I have travelled the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg and back for a warm-up. \u00a0This has been my main source of disappointment with the Southern Ocean. \u00a0I knew that it would be cold and wet, and that I would have to withstand many storms, but I had not counted on so much extra travel. \u00a0I had thought the Westerly winds and currents to be more constant and drag me East.<\/p>\n

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When I was passing through the trade-winds from Chile to Australia in 2014, my average speed was something like this: if I was rowing the speed was 3 knots, when I wasn\u2019t \u2013 1.5 knots. \u00a0Strong favourable currents and waves pushed the boat along. \u00a0But here if I don\u2019t row, the boat stays still or drifts East at 0.5 knots. \u00a0When I row, I travel at 1.5 knots.<\/p>\n

I did not expect it to be like this despite my experience travelling through the Southern Ocean. \u00a0After all, I am making this route for the sixth time (the first five times I travelled by yachts).<\/p>\n

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1990-91 \u2013 Circumnavigating the globe aboard the Yacht \u201cKaraana\u201d (Sydney-Sydney, Australia) <\/em><\/p>\n

1998-99 \u2013 Around the globe race \u201cAround Alone\u201d aboard the Yacht \u201cSGU\u201d (USA \u2013 RSA \u2013 New Zealand \u2013 Cape Horn \u2013 Uruguay \u2013 USA) <\/em><\/p>\n

2005 \u2013 Circumnavigating the globe on the Yacht \u201cAlye Parusa\u201d (England \u2013 Tasmania \u2013 Cape Horn \u2013 England).<\/em><\/p>\n

2008 \u2013 Sailing around Antarctica – Antarctica Cup (Albany \u2013 Albany, Australia)<\/em><\/p>\n

2009 \u2013 Delivering the yacht \u201cAlye Parusa\u201d from New Zealand (Auckland) to the Falkland\u2019s Islands.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thank God I am alive and relatively well. \u00a0On a journey like this if you get sick, you aren\u2019t going to get better, but at the moment my constitution is coping. \u00a0My age isn\u2019t getting in the way; actually it would be difficult for a younger man to withstand such conditions: drifting in the wrong direction, treading water, and travelling extra miles \u2013 it is all very difficult to withstand psychologically. \u00a0Of course, it is difficult physically, but far more difficult mentally. \u00a0You have to have patience on voyages like this. \u00a0Humility and fortitude are very important here.<\/p>\n

From now on I know that the distance covered will grow while the distance to the finish diminishes. \u00a0I do not know at what speed, but experience tells me that the second half of the voyage will be even more difficult. \u00a0With every day the boat and I will go further South toward Cape Horn and Antarctica. \u00a0And if the average temperature is currently 10 or 12 degrees Celsius, then at Cape Horn\u2019s latitude it is 6 degrees.<\/p>\n

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I was asked to briefly summarise the first half of the voyage: I would say it was difficult to start with and then grew more and more difficult.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me, and caring for and supporting me.<\/p>\n

Fedor Konyukhov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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