Is the route around Antarctica the shortest distance to circumnavigate?
A2: No, even in summer Antarctica is still a pretty huge continent! I guess technically the shortest circumnavigation under sail would be around the Arctic in summer, via the North West Passage, round Greenland and the North East Passage – traditionally that has taken a couple of summers to achieve because of the ice. Whereas sailing east about round Antarctica would be much faster. Charging downhill under a big kite, aided by big rollers or blast reaching with the bow out of the water is never slow when you are doing it the Southern Ocean way. I think Bob Williams and his teams of race organisers are planning on it taking about 45 days.
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