Nearly a year into a three-year voyage around the globe, seasickness finally has the better of American sailor Soanya Ahmad.
The 25-year-old rookie sailor was being rescued off Perth today after becoming too ill to continue her bid to circumnavigate the globe four times without stopping. Ms Ahmad set off on the 1000-day voyage with 56-year-old American adventurer Reid Stowe on April 21 last year aboard his 21-metre gaff-rigged schooner, the Anne. On their website, Mr Stowe says the pair set out to follow global trade winds and circumnavigate the southern hemisphere four times, non-stop. Together they had hoped to set a series of world records, including the longest sea voyage by a man and a woman and the longest voyage out of sight of land. Mr. Stowe will now sail on alone "since this is my life at sea". But Ms Ahmad was to leave the boat today, after 306 days at sea, because she has suffered recurrent and debilitating seasickness since entering the stormy Southern Ocean in November. The Anne was about 15 nautical miles off Perth today, waiting for Royal Perth Yacht Club general manager Stuart Walton to rescue Ms Ahmad. The boat was to maintain a position beyond sight of land so Mr. Stowe can continue his attempt to break records.
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