ken_vandeburgt
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"The rules of circumnavigation: Are there any? Do we make them up to suit our purpose? Does anyone care?"
http://www.cackletv.com/2012/02/10/the- ... avigation/
comoxpaddler said:There should be a book of rules for this stuff.
Magellan's expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean (then named "peaceful sea" by Magellan; the passage being made via the Strait of Magellan), and the first to cross the Pacific. It also completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth, although Magellan himself did not complete the entire voyage, being killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
I'll posit rule number one that it does not count as a circumnavigation unless you live through it.
I can lay claim to having circumnavigated Galiano Island ... but that is about it. My purpose for being on the water is not now nor has it ever been to grab for a brass ring. I go out there to explore and enjoy the great outdoors. Too, I sometimes miss being at sea and kayaking somewhat fills that desire. I am fascinated by the adventures of paddlers who really stretch the boundaries but I cannot claim to understand the motivation.