Jim wrote:
I recall, poorly, a story that was published maybe 15 years ago of a young man (25) whose last name was Campbell who planned a single handed, round the world voyage in his NA-29 from his home port in Hawaii. However, once he had his boat loaded with enough supplies to make the voyage, he realized there was not enough free space left to manage the voyage so he called it off. If he rescheduled with a larger boat, I don't know.
I wonder if this is the same NA-29. Don't recall its name, either.
I have not heard of anyone called Campbell, but I know that the Hawaiian sailor, Brian Caldwell, who briefly held the record for the youngest solo circumnavigator in 1996 (with stops), on his Contessa 26,
Mai Miti Vavau, later announced he was commencing a non-stop solo circumnavigation on a NA29 but did not get underway. Almost certainly the same boat because there were only a few of this production model built. Perhaps this is who you were remembering, Jim? About 10 years ago, Brian sailed a Vega 27 across the Pacific to Australia, between yacht deliveries, in company with
Mai Miti Vavau, then being owned by a friend of his. Sadly, both boats were badly damaged in a cyclone the following summer in Queensland, and their voyages were abandoned.