Mexico adventurer Abraham Levy will attempt to row it
alone from Puerto de Palos , Spain , to Cancun ,
Mexico , in a sixth-month
journey inspired by Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Americas .
Levy, whose trip will begin on October 12, said “I want to
do what the great explorers did and set out from the Old
World , leaving Puerto de Palos en route to Mexican Lands.”
The adventure aficionado will travel via a boat that is
equipped with navigation gear, GPS, satellite phone, a desalinization plant, a
stove and solar panels to charge the lithium batteries. He will also have
land-based support from a group of doctors, trainers and meteorological
experts. The carbon fiber boat weighs 400 pounds, measures 24 feet long and 5
feet abeam, has a hermetic cabin and 10-foot oars of the same material.
This is not the first major voyage for Levy. He kayaked
6,800 miles along the coasts of his country in 2008.
"The trip will take about four months, but I'm going
prepared to spend six months at sea," said Levy, who will set out on his
journey in October because at that point hurricane season is over on his route,
which follows the trade winds to the Canary Islands, continues on to the
Caribbean, and then changes course to Mexico .
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