Sigurður Jónsson | Thursday August 24 - 2006

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston racing alone around the world - again

Sir Robin bids farewell in Gosport last May

Our good friend and former owner of AURORA, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, is getting ready to race single handed around the world. He was the first person to sail single handed and non stop around the world in 1969 on his 33 ft wooden ketch Suhaili. His record voyage then was 312 days and is described in Robins excellent book "A world of my own". Since then Robin has participated in many ocean races, including the Whitbread, and in 1994 co-skippered Enza with Sir Peter Blake to set a new record for circumnavigation.

We first met Robin here in Isafjordur last summer when he arrived on his sailboat ANTIOPE (now AURORA). He then had to abort an attempt to reach Kangerdlugssuaq fjord in Greenland and climb the Cathedral mountain together with his friend and mountaineering legend Sir Chris Bonington because of very thick sea ice. This trip is described on Bonington's website. This meeting resulted in us buying the yacht and kickstarted the Borea Adventures business.

Sir Robin will compete in the VELUX 5 OCEANS race on his Open 60 racing yacht "Gray Power". This race which is run by Clipper Ventures, begins on October 22nd and covers 3 gruelling legs from Bilbao (Spain) to Fremantle (Australia) to Norfolk (USA) and back to Bilbao. This time Robin is looking at finishing his race in 112 days.

We will of course be cheering for our man and are confident that he will beat the younger men. Afterall he is only 67 years old..!!

See further info on Clipper Ventures site and in this article from Daily Telegraph.

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Welcome to the website for Borea Adventures, Iceland, your number one stop for Arctic adventures in high latitudes. We provide great adventures and expeditions in Iceland, Greenland, East Greenland, Jan Mayen and Svalbard (Spitzbergen), mainly using our spacious yacht, the Aurora. Our philosophy is to make our trips as silent as possible where we minimize the use of motorized power and encourage physical activities, whether sea kayaking, climbing, sailing, walking and hiking, wildlife, ski touring and backcountry skiing for beginners, experts and people of all ages. The North Atlantic is our playground and we offer scheduled trips for individuals and groups as well as customized itineraries and charter for groups. We travel in harmony with the wildlife of the area: Arctic Foxes, Birds, Seals, Whales and Polar Bears. Aurora is a sturdy expedition yacht and was raced four times around the globe as part of the Clipper Round the World yacht race under the ownership of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. She gives us a great opportunity to provide Arctic adventures in areas that are hard to reach otherwise. We call her our floating basecamp. Our name is derived from Greek mythology where Boreas was the god of the north wind. Aurora on the other hand was the Roman rosy-fingered goddess of dawn. Aurora Borealis is a name for the Northern lights which are common in our area. As we humans have proven through the decades, names can be hard to remember. Especially if a bit of alcohol gets passed around the galley too many times! You might spell our name Boreal Adventures, Borial Adventures, Borea Adventrues and Borealis Adventures. Thank you for visiting Borea Adventures.