Szymon Kuczyński has just completed his round-the-world voyage, non-stop, in a small sailboat. A real feat for this Pole.
Szymon Kuczyński arrived in Plymouth, England, on Thursday, May 17th. This Polish man and his Maxus 22 have just completed a cycle, around the world, and without stopping, of 271 days. It is undoubtedly the smallest boat to achieve this feat.
A great sailor on a small sailboat
We have been able to follow Szymon Kuczyński and his Maxus 22 for a little while now, particularly on his Facebook page.
This isn’t the skipper’s first feat. Already aboard a Maxus 22, he had accomplished a first round-the-world trip, with a stopoverFor this second adventure, he left from Plymouth on August 19, 2017, for a non-stop round-the-world trip.
With this world tour, the Pole enters the big leagues great sailors of the open sea, in a small sailboat. He joins adventurers like Jean Lacombe, who will make the first transatlantic crossing on a 5.50 m Norwegian cutter, Shane Acton who travels the world on his 19-foot sailboat, or, more recently, Alessandro di Benedetto, who in 2010 completed a round-the-world trip in 268 days on a modified Mini 650.
A grueling journey
This round-the-world voyage was truly physically demanding and nerve-wracking. Szymon Kczynski lost his mast at Cape Horn after capsizing and finished his journey with jury-rigged sails. He covered nearly 22 miles in 271 days.
The sailor will have passed the three great capes and We have experienced very diverse weather conditions. The passage around Cape Horn will be marked by Force 9 winds and waves of over 7 meters high. At certain times, under the snow and rain, the temperatures, at inside his boat, the temperature did not exceed 3 degrees.
There The ascent of the Atlantic will, however, be a symbol of heat and winds. weak. Conditions that will allow him to carry out repairs on its rigging. But in the heat and in a boat that won’t move.
So it is a real feat that he has just accomplished…aboard his maxus 22At the same time, it’s a major PR coup for the Polish shipyard Northman. An achievement that confirms, if confirmation were needed, the quality of Polish boats.
WELL DONE