Remote Islands Competition - How many can you visit ?

Classic Sailing Wager:

Who can visit the most remote islands?

It started with a wager amongst friends back in 2006, but it has become a bit of an obsession. Adventure charter skippers Adam and Debbie versus the Merchant Navy – represented by our friend Kirsty. The competition was: Which of us could visit the most obscure, remote islands in the world ? 

Debbie was quite proud of her Tristan Da Cuhna passport stamp after waiting 3 days for the swell to die down enough to land in 2007. Adam counts circumnavigating the island of Cape Horn on tall ship Europa in 2010 but Kirsty now has a shiny new Master Mariner ticket (congratulations) so does this mean she can take unfair little de-tours on her Maersk tanker ?

Tell us about your Island Quests

If you manage to visit a remote island you think we should visit, please e mail us and we'll add you to our Classic Sailing Remote Islands Wager Page.

If you find one that looks impossible to reach by conventional travel let us know your island quest and we'll add it to our wish list. Who knows, one of our skippers might just dream up a future voyage that could  pass by your island quest.

Current Quests:

Eve's skipper Debbie is hoping to add South Orkney to her list in 2011. This remote island lies South of South Georgia and Europa hopes to make a landing on the South Orkneys on her way through the iceberg strewn Weddell Sea.

photo by Debbie Purser: Wandering Albatross nest on Prion Island off South Georgia