SEVASTOPOL, July 13. /TASS/. Russian voyager and survivalist Fyodor Konyukhov plans to break nine world records during his voyage on a giant yacht, sailing three times around the world, he said at a meeting in Sevastopol on Saturday.
"Now, I want to build a big 76-meter-long yacht to sail around the world and to break nine world records. I want to take three spins [around the globe] without calling at ports," Konyukhov said adding the voyage would not last longer than 80 days.
The adventurer added that he also enjoys travelling by air, including by hot air balloon and by plane, and he has plans for new adventures.
An expedition to battleship sunken
Fedor Konyukhov is planning to take part in an expedition in the Yellow Sea, where the Petropavlovsk battleship was sunk by a Japanese mine during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904.
"Chinese say they have dived and say they have seen the remains. We want now to recover the remains at last," Konyukhov said, adding that Admiral Stepan Makarov and prominent painter Vasily Vereshchagin were killed aboard the Petropavlovsk.
The adventurer did not specify the timeframe for the expedition.
He has pointed out that he intends to take part in another expedition to the wreck site of the Novorossiysk dreadnought battleship in Sevastopol Bay.
At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, Admiral Stepan Makarov took over the command of the Russian Pacific Fleet. Upon his arrival at Port Arthur (now the city of Dalian, China), the fleet went into action leading an attack on the adversary’s ships. On March 31, 1904, the Petropavlovsk flagship left port to assist the destroyer ships in one of the skirmishes. She came across a mine, burst into flames and sank within minutes. Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin was also killed on the Petropavlovsk.
Fedor Konyukhov’s expeditions
The 67-year-old traveler has sailed around the world five times, has crossed the Atlantic 17 times and has become the first Russian to complete the Explorers Grand Slam: he climbed the highest mountains on all seven continents and visited the North Pole and the South Pole. In 2007, Konyukhov circumnavigated the Southern Hemisphere aboard the Scarlet Sails sailing yacht, sailing across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. In May 2019, he finished his solo rowboat voyage on board Akros, crossing the southern part of the Pacific Ocean.
The 67-year-old traveler has sailed around the world five times, has crossed the Atlantic 17 times and has become the first Russian to complete the Explorers Grand Slam: he climbed the highest mountains on all seven continents and visited the North Pole and the South Pole. In 2007, Konyukhov circumnavigated the Southern Hemisphere aboard the Scarlet Sails sailing yacht, sailing across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. In May 2019, he finished his solo rowboat voyage on board Akros, crossing the southern part of the Pacific Ocean.