{"id":3487,"date":"2012-09-20T19:15:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T19:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2013-01-14T23:31:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T23:31:44","slug":"rimas-round-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/?p=3487","title":{"rendered":"Rimas &#8216;Round the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/?attachment_id=3488\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3488\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rimas\" width=\"474\" height=\"378\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas.jpg 474w, https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rimas Meleshyus was born on Russia&#8217;s Black Sea some 60 years ago. In 1988 he escaped the Soviet Union through the American Embassy in Moscow. Living in America he discovered sailing, and recently he&#8217;s set off on some very ambitious small-boat cruises. <\/p>\n<p>In June 2012 Rimas crossed the challenging <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmel.noaa.gov\/np\/pages\/subregions\/ask.html\">Gulf of Alaska<\/a> in an old <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Juan_24:\/\/\">San Juan 24<\/a> (generally considered a near-shore weekender). The tumultuous voyage included striking a whale, a harrowing capsize, and his nearly being run down by a freighter. <\/p>\n<p>As a result of the near collision, Rimas didn\u2019t sleep for three days, trying to stay alert for shipping traffic. A month into his journey, 50 miles from Unalaksa, the groggy skipper struck a reef. After trying in vain for several hours to free the boat, he fell asleep. When we woke many hours later he was beach in remote Sarana Bay.<\/p>\n<p>This many months later, that&#8217;s where his boat remains. Retrieval in the shallow tidal waters would be expensive, dangerous, and maybe impossible. Rimas was flown out by Coast Guard helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Meleshyus remains undeterred by these events and is determined to sail solo around the world on a San Juan 24. He hopes to sail next from Port Townsend to Japan, then around Cape Horn on his way to the UK. <\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s found another used San Juan 24 and is seeking donations of money and or equipment to help make his dream a reality. Look for an interview with Rimas in the print magazine soon. \u2014Eds<\/p>\n<p>To contact him: rimassolosailingaroundtheworldm@ymail.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/?attachment_id=3489\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3489\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas1-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rimas1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/?attachment_id=3490\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas2-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rimas2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rimas2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rimas Meleshyus was born on Russia&#8217;s Black Sea some 60 years ago. In 1988 he escaped the Soviet Union through the American Embassy in Moscow. Living in America he discovered sailing, and recently he&#8217;s set off on some very ambitious small-boat cruises. In June 2012 Rimas crossed the challenging Gulf of Alaska in an old&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3487"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3626,"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487\/revisions\/3626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallcraftadvisor.com\/our-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}