I know someone who sailed single handedly around the world by way of Strait of Magellan and Cape of Good Hope, two of the stormiest patches of ocean on earth, in a 29 foot sloop. Along the way he capsized once, pitchpoled once, and was dismasted three times.
He could have done it by the safer, easier, and shorter mid Atlantic route through suez and panama canals, but he said that wouldn't even feel like sailing.
I've met another gentleman who single handedly sailed around the world, taking the same difficult route, while in his late 70s.
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