Crisp northern winds blow twisting grass on dunes whereas uneven waves on the Sea of Okhotsk break on the shore. Jonathan “Jono” Dunnett, 50, tanned from years on the water seems to be out because the solar units on Shiretoko Peninsula. A author by commerce, and a sailor at coronary heart, he achieved the world file for the longest windsurfing journey again in 2019 with a shoreline sojourn of Europe — from Norway to Georgia some 15,000 kilometers. Dunnett’s Japan journey echoes again to his first expedition the place he accomplished the primary solo navigation of the British Isles. Now, his windsurf board sans a shiny orange sail sits on the aspect of a dune. It broke after an extended haul on the Pacific Ocean swell, dodging bears and Russian waters — his circumnavigation of Japan is now on pause however solely momentarily.
1. The place did this all begin? I used to be born in London however spent quite a lot of my childhood rising up by the ocean in England, so I have been crusing my complete life, okay. After college, I went to work in a crusing heart in Spain, and that is been my residence ever since.
2. What have you ever realized in your travels? I’ve realized an awesome deal about myself, for one. I took on the British Isles first as I used to be a bit disillusioned, maybe a bit depressed. It rescued me from that. Earlier than, I felt fairly indifferent from individuals. However whenever you journey like this, you have a tendency to determine that everybody is identical. All of us battle, all of us have our personal struggles — that’s regular.
