Alert reader Walt Guterbock of Anacortes brought the passing and story of Marvin Creamer at age 104 to our attention.
Creamer circumnavigated with (maybe you remember this?) no instruments in the 1980s. We’re not talking about no GPS here. We’re talking no compass or sextant. So much for those Golden Globe Race throwbacks. He figured he could navigate on the strength of his knowledge of geography, which as a geography professor was extensive.
The New York Times wrote a piece yesterday, and here’s a description of his voyage on the Rowan University web site. Best you read about him on their sites.
Thanks to Walt for the heads-up.
Kurt grew up racing and cruising in the Midwest, and has raced Lasers since the late 1970s. Currently he is a broker at Swiftsure Yachts. He has been Assistant Editor at Sailing Magazine and a short stint as Editor of Northwest Yachting. Through Meadow Point Publishing he handles various marketing duties for smaller local companies. He currently is partners on a C&C 36 which he cruises throughout the Northwest. He’s married to the amazing Abby and is father to Ian and Gabe.
His wife insisted that he take the instruments along, but he put them in a locked box that he never opened.
What a great detail!