Blind Sailor Crashes Boat After Completing Mexico-Hawaii Crossing Ashley Collman - Daily Mail
go to original May 26, 2014

A legally blind sailor completed an impressive 2,800 mile sail across the Pacific before crashing his boat on a reef when he made it safely to Hawaii.

John Berg of California has lived on his 40-foot boat named the Seaquel for the past 14 years, and doesn't have insurance for the vessel meaning he's also lost his home.

Berg and his crew set sail from the coast of Mexico on April 29 and arrived last week in Hawaiian waters.

After dropping off two crew members in Hilo, Berg and one female crew member began circling the island to make port in Kailua Kona.

But Berg's state-of-the-art navigational equipment failed him and he wandered into rough waters - slamming the Seaquel into coral not far from his destination.

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