Hungarian sailor sails around world in 19' sailboat

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Comment by Alain Brauckmann on April 20, 2010 at 10:49am

So he was not arriving but sailing away when I saw him ... ( better saying, his boat ... )

Comment by Terri on April 20, 2010 at 6:10am

Aron Meder.. Interesting guy. http://www.meder.hu/eng/aboutmyself.htm

Comment by Terri on April 20, 2010 at 6:07am

I guess he did it! March 21, 2010 Aron Meder, a 29-year-old Hungarian, docked his six-meter sailboat in Slovenia on Saturday, completing the last leg of a three-year trip around the world, local newswire MTI reported.

About 60 people were at the pier to greet Meder and his Carina 19 sailboat, his father said, adding that the sailor and sailboat would be brought home to landlocked Hungary on Monday. The boat will go on display in the Danube in the heart of Budapest.

Meder sailed off on his round-the-world journey on Sept. 24, 2006 and docked in 40 countries on the way, blogging about his trip on the Internet. Ports of call included the Galapagos Islands and Australia. He covered 55,000 kilometers in three oceans before returning home. 　

Comment by Alain Brauckmann on April 20, 2010 at 1:05am

I saw him when he arrived back in Koper ( Slovenia ... also the place he started, our previous marina ), last september!
Crazy person ... I would never sail even one SM with a boat like this ....

Comment by Terri on April 19, 2010 at 4:52pm

Wonder where he is now??? yeeks, yikes & yipes!

Comment by Liv on April 19, 2010 at 12:57pm

I talked to this fellow by e-mail when he was in Borneo.. Talk about guts !!

Comment by Gary B on April 19, 2010 at 11:03am

Yeeks.