A 61-year-old man from Stuart, Florida has undertaken a personal challenge to travel from Bimini, a Bahamian island, to Fort Lauderdale in a 12-foot pedal boat.
Bill Boes, who is asthmatic, has one kidney and is also battling arthritis.
“This is an endurance feat. It’s a coming of age,” he said as he prepared for his 15-hour trek across the Gulf Stream from Alice Town, where he and a chase team, who would follow him for safety reasons from the Bahamas, were preparing to head to Broward County.
Mr. Boes, a former surfer, grew up near the beaches of New York.
