It 1962, he became the first person in the world to successfully complete a solo nonstop voyage across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco. “I want to be a challenger as long as I live,” he said.
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“It was my great joy to have been able to make a challenge as a real goal and safely achieve it, instead of just holding onto it as a dream.” “I will keep up my work to be a late bloomer.”Īt a news conference at the yacht harbor later today, he said becoming the oldest person to make the feat was a dream come true. He said he “burned all my body and soul” on the journey but says he’s ready for more. “That shows how healthy I am,” Horie said.
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He carried a stock of medicine from San Francisco, he said, but only used eye drops and Band-Aids during his more than two months alone at sea. “Thank you for waiting!” said Horie, who appeared tanned and with his white hair longer than usual. He got off the yacht, took off the cap again and bowed deeply on the pier before he was presented with bouquets of roses. Kenichi Horie!”Īs he approached the harbor, Horie, standing in his boat, took off his white cap and waved. Today, after spending the night on his 19-foot-long Suntory Mermaid III just off the coast, Horie was towed into his home port of Shin Nishinomiya, where he was cheered by local residents and supporters and banners that read: “Welcome back, Mr. Horie returned home as he crossed the Kii Strait off Japan’s western coast early Saturday, completing his trans-Pacific solo voyage in 69 days after leaving a yacht harbor in San Francisco in late March. The churning peaks give the wind more surface area to grab on to, which lets the wind force the water into even higher caps.TOKYO > Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean - and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet. This region of white caps is chaotic, and the water can move choppily in random directions. It transfers energy to the water as it makes peaks and white caps in the water's surface. But the stronger the wind becomes, the more it pushes against the water. A gentle wind doesn't have much of an affect - it makes ripples in the water that spread the same way ripples do in a pond or a fish tank.
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The ocean's orbital waves get their start when wind blows on the open ocean. They move up the wave, across its crest and down into its trough. If the wave is passing in front of you from left to right, the particles move in a circle in a clockwise direction. You can visualize this movement by thinking of the particles near the wave's surface. The water molecules that make up the wave move in circles, or orbits, as the wave progresses. They're really orbital progressive waves. The surface of the wave moves up and down, which is perpendicular to the left-to-right direction that the wave itself moves.īut ocean waves are a little more complicated than ordinary transverse waves. If you looked at the cross-section of an idealized ocean wave, it would look like a transverse wave. Waves are essentially energy moving through matter. To understand how they form, it's helpful to know a few basic facts about ocean waves.
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There are also other factors that can contribute to tsunamis and other rare types of waves, but wind, water and land do most of the work when it comes to the waves used for surfing. Lots of different factors contribute to the Earth's tides, but the pull of the moon's gravity on the Earth is the biggest.