Saturday morning, an epic journey will begin for a sailor who made a name for himself voyaging across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco in a tiny 19-foot sailboat. That was when he was 23 years old. Now he's doing it at 83!
Saturday morning, an epic journey will begin for a sailor who made a name for himself voyaging across the Pacific from Japan toThe Mermaid III doesn't look out of place at the San Francisco Yacht Club in Tiburon, a small 19 footer, with big shoes to fill. Her captain Kenichi Horie is preparing to sail this tiny vessel solo across the Pacific to Osaka, Japan, a trip Horie is quite familiar with. "I do get lonely, but everybody is rooting for me," said Horie, through an interpreter.
The then 23-year-old sailor arriving in town with no passport or money, was promptly arrested, then celebrated, the then mayor of San Francisco, who gave him the key to the city. He's continued to make history one time after another, circling the globe numerous times, promoting the urgency of protecting the world’s oceans.
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