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Earth Marathon 2nd Stage Sail
(Kamogawa-City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan on January 1st, 2009)
I shall return!!!
Give me your power!
I'll do my best!
Kanpei! Kanpei!
(About 3000 supporters of Kanpei gathered to see him off.)
Hiroyuki Hiki (Kanpei's sailing partner and former manager)
Miyo (Kanpei's daughter)
I wish we could see him off as a family with a smile,
but I'm sorry..
Mitsuyo (Kanpei's wife)
We are off!
Departure (8:50a.m. on Jan 1st., 2009.)
Good luck!
Take care, Kanpei!
Kan-chan...
Hashire-Dokomademo (The theme song of the Earth Marathon composed by Kiyoshiro Imawano)
I shall return!
Wait for me!!
Kanpei, raise the sail now.
All right-!!
Let's start our adventure.
All right.
Let's do our best!
This is my longed-for dream.
But I never imaged that this would be such a big deal.
I feel so lucky
that so many people came to see us off and cheer us on.
Yes I think so, too.
I couldn't be happier.
Jan 3rd (Day 3)
It has really been rolling.
Yes, it has.
Well,
It has been almost 2 hours since we left the harbor.
And now,
We can barely see the land.
How high are the waves?
About 3-4 meters.
Kanpei is holding on during these swells.
Aeolous (Kanpei and Hiki's Yacht) has been holding steady.
I must hold on to the pole like this.
Jan 4th (Day 4)
Now, I know
how hard it is to sail the ocean.
I understand
why people told me not to go.
Hello, seagull.
Dolphin!
(Kanpei and Hiki encountered some dolphins.)
Jan 6th (Day 6th)
Jan 6th (Day 6th)
I never knew
Yes?
that mayonnaise goes well with cabbage.
Jan 11th (Day 11)
I can't waste any of it.
I can't help acting like this at this point.
Yep.
Kanpei is working out right now.
There are beautiful blue skies above us.
Why are you taking that out !?
Stop!!
You can't take that out!!
What are you thinking!!??
(Hiki got really mad at Kanpei for his mistake.)
Make sure they are not tangled before you put them back.
What are you thinking...
You scared me.
Get inside quickly.
Jan 13th (Day 13)
How do you like your food?
Kenmemai (Kanpei's favorite Japanese rice) and boiled water with some seasoning.
Outstanding.
Jan 17th (Day 17) Kanpei is fixing the stuff.
I was just filming what you were doing.
Thank you very much.
Jan 21st (Day 21) What's happening over there!?
I've never seen anything like that!!
(Kanpei is excited to see such rough seas during the storm.)
This is a serious situation!!
(Kanpei is awed by watching Hiki working outside of the Yacht in the storm. )
I don't know if it's going to be OK.
I've never had such an experince. I'm very scared!!
Damn it!!
Get inside quickly!!
Quick, quick!
Jan 23rd (Day 23) Isn't that beautiul?
In the middle of the ocean,
Yes,
How cool is it that you can see such a beautiful sunset.
I'm about to upload this scenery on the website.
Oh.
Today is the 26th day.
I haven't washed my face for 23 days.
And I've only washed my hands twice, I believe.
(Hiki takes off his socks after 10 days and feels the socks unified with his feet.)
Let's take these off.
Oh, it looks very clean!
But it stinks!!
But it stinks!!
Look! Your socks have totally spoiled and ... they stink!
Stink!
Unfortunately,
finally,
This apple is the only fresh food
we have left.
But now,
But now,
even this apple will be gone today.
It's gone...
(They ate all their fresh food 26 days after leaving Japan.)
The apple was eaten without saying a word.
Jan 28th (Day 28)
Feb 1st (Day 32) Yes, man!
What happned?
God sent us a gift!
What is it?
What do you think?
Flying fish--!!
YES!!
They jumped into the Yacht!
(Kanpei is about to try sliced flying fish) It looks so yummy!
Try it with some rice!
I'm going to eat it!
How do you like it?
YUMMY~!
Awe-some!!
Now' I'm going to eat it, too.
Feb 2nd (Day 34) I think that this is our last difficulty. We've been having a hard time passing the dateline.
As you can tell by seeing the flag,
It's been stomy like this lately.
Today is Feb 2nd,
If we could cross the dateline,
The day will be...
it will be back a day, so..
It will be Feb 1st.
I'm not sure if it's right now, so I'm going to make sure by checking our position.
It's 179 degrees and 54 minutes, 45 seconds according to the monitor.
So in a short while,
It'll be over 180 degrees.
It's just around the corner.
How do you feel, Kanpei? We are finally..
Yes, finally!
Well, it was really tough to get to this point,
but it's worth it!
It's 179,59, 49 right now!
It's 179,59, 49 right now!
Here it comes!
Now, even these stormy seas are nothing to me!
Oh, wait!?
Ah!
We already crossed it!
WHAT!?
Already!?
No! we just passed it now!!
YEAH~~~~~!!!!
We passed,
We passed,
the dateline~~~~!!!
Thanks, the east longitude~~~!!!
Thanks, the east longitude~~~!!!
Everybody who lives in the west longitude-,
Nice to meet you~~~~!!
AHH~~~
MEH-
MAHHHHH~~~!!
We did it~~~!!!
Feb 8th (Day 40) Finally,
We are in the vicinity of Los Angeles.
It was really tough, wasn't it?...
But we are here.
I mean it, seriously...
(Kanpei is going to drink the rainwater they kept.)
Are you ready?
Yes I am.
Yes I am.
Set the water to flow through the hose,
I'm going to guzzle it!!
...... stinks.
What's going on, this hose stinks...
STINKS!
... Ugn...
I don't think I can drink it.
....STINKS!
No, you'll be fine.
I'll be, really?
Feb 20th (Day 52)
Wow, look at the gorgeous ranbow over there!
999 MILES~!
999 MILES~!
Feb 28th (Day 60) 999 miles away from L.A.
YES!!!
March 7th (Day 67)
(Shipboard Training)
This is,
"Air bike"
"Tarzan squat"
This is "Dangling Cradle"
March 9th (Day 69)
We just saw it, didn't we?
Yes, we did.
That's it, right?
Oh, we can see it, straight ahead!!
Ah, Slightly!
Oh, we can see the mountains, too!
Oh, we can see the mountains, too!
Yes we can!!
LANDFALL!!
We can see it!
That's LA!!
That's LA!!
Here we are~~!!!
(LANDFALL: the first finding after long voyage)
Yes! yes! yes!
Yep, without doubt, that's Santa Barbara Island!
Santa Barbara Island~!
Landfall~~~~~!!!
We found it at 10:10 a.m..
Hahh, I finally made it.....
March 10th (Day 70) in Long Beach, CA. in the U.S.
Ah, Kanpei is waving his hand!
Oh, he is?
Yes he is!
He is waving his hand!
They are slowly approaching the dock!
Kanpei will be in sight of the supporters on the wharf!
Please wait a little longer.
Hey----!!!
Hey----!!!
Mitsuyo- (kanpei's wife), where are you?
Right here!
Can I approach it there?
(Kanpei and Hiki's arrival at 3:11 pm)
I made it!!
Thank you!!
Well done!
Great job!
Kanpei is crying.
Hiki!
Ah, you came back alive!!
You guys made it safely!
Kanpei, you have done well!!
Great job!!
Can I land?
Are you sure?
You sure?
Congratulations!!!
Thanks-!!
Banza-i!
WELCOME BACK!
Earth Marathon Digest 2nd Stage Sail (from Kamogawa-City, Chiba Prefecture in Japan to L.A. CA in the U.S.> 70 Total Days, 12,710 Total Distance, 22,598 remaining distance.