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William Reid Stowe (born January 6, 1952) is an American artist and mariner. Stowe grew up around sailboats on the East Coast, sailing on the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in his late teens and early twenties. By age 26, he had built two of his own sailboats with the help of his family and friends. Stowe subsequently sailed to the Antarctic with his schooner ''Anne'' in 1986 and completed a 194-day journey without touching land in 1999. In 2010 Stowe completed a more extensive ocean voyage, entitled ''1000 Days at Sea: The Mars Ocean Odyssey''—a journey that commenced on April 21, 2007, from the 12th St. Pier, Hoboken, New Jersey.〔(Sailing Duo Begin 1,000-Day Ocean Voyage ). Tariq Malik, ''Live Science'':Strange News; posted: 21 April 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2010.〕 Stowe was the principal designer and builder of the ''Anne'', a 70 ft (21.3 m), 60-ton (54,400 kg) gaff-rigged schooner which he sailed on this voyage.〔〔 〕 The purpose of the enterprise was to remain on the open ocean, without resupply or pulling into any harbor, for a period of one thousand days, along with some other goals that were not met, such as circumnavigating the globe four times.〔–as it appeared on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 17 Aug 2010. (''Ed's note'': The Launch Brochure has (since been revised ) on the ''1000 Days at Sea'' website—''must choose Fit Page and then reload to view the PDF properly''.)〕 The single circumnavigation involved active management of a sailboat under varying weather conditions, with continuous wear and tear of equipment on the schooner, although the schooner was not always under full sail.〔(''Daily Logs'' (1000 Days at Sea) ). For example, see the log entries for Days 333, 622, 848, 868, 878 and 1048. Retrieved 20 Sept 2010.〕 On June 17, 2010, Reid Stowe sailed the schooner Anne up the Hudson River, accompanied by Sail Magazine's Executive Editor Charles Doane, and docked in New York ()(). The total voyage duration claimed by Stowe was 1,152 days, a potential record for the longest continuous sea voyage without resupply or stepping on land. Upon landing at Pier 81 in Manhattan, he was met by family and friends, by his girlfriend Soanya Ahmad—who had accompanied him for the first quarter of the journey—and their toddler son, as well as by the press.〔 ==Childhood== Reid Stowe was born January 6, 1952 near Moses Lake, Washington〔 (''Mission accomplished for the longest sea voyage in history'' ). "Conversations with Harold Hudson Channer," Cable Television Systems in Manhattan, New York. Jan. 28, 2010.〕 to Harry and Anne Stowe;〔 〕 and is the oldest of six siblings. His father, an officer in the United States Air Force, was posted to many parts of the world during that time and usually his family travelled with him. Growing up, Reid spent three years in Germany, two years in the Philippines, plus state-side tours in Mississippi, Illinois, Arizona, and Virginia. Traveling notwithstanding, the family generally spent summers with Anne Stowe's father, who had constructed a beach cottage on the Intracoastal Waterway near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.〔 Anne's father and uncles frequently built and rebuilt portions of the home, and built small craft for use on the waterway. It was during these summer interludes that Reid absorbed carpentry, and, during his high school years with his younger brother Wave, Stowe built fiberglass surf boards. He and his brother employed workshops that his family maintained in various winter residences to complete their work after school.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reid Stowe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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