ARMED FOR ADVENTURE
SHIP TO SHORE
“When you are planning a trip, you need to think about not only where you are traveling to, but also what kind of activities you will want to do when you get there and how you are going to get ashore safely to do them,” says Christopher Walsh, captain of 222ft Archimedes, which has voyaged to the High Arctic, the Antarctic and Papua New Guinea, among other destinations. Walsh says that a Zodiac (a rigid inflatable originally designed for military use) is essential.
EYOS Expeditions’ Ben Lyons agrees. “People in the yachting world look at these open rubber boats and think they are not going to look good in Monaco, but they are just the perfect tool for expeditions –
