Here’s the latest post from Matt Rutherford upon arrival in Japan after 63 days and over 6,500 miles…
This expedition remained exciting to the very end. For the last 5 days we were trying to track a storm that looked as if it would hit us just as we were crossing a very strong current (Kurosio current). Japan has a current on its south coast which is very similar to the Gulf Stream off of Florida. It can be very dangerous to cross. The information we were getting was very different depending on the source, no two weather models agreed with each other. It rained for 7 days straight at the end, we were tired, had sailed over 6,500 miles and were ready to finish but we couldn’t cross the strong current unless it was safe. Read More
