Experience of long-term transoceanic sailing: Cape Horn example

JIRÁSEK, Ivo and Emanuel HURYCH. Experience of long-term transoceanic sailing: Cape Horn example. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 2019, vol. 28, No 28, p. 1-9. ISSN 2213-0780. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2019.04.003.

Basic information

• Original name: Experience of long-term transoceanic sailing: Cape Horn example
• Authors: JIRÁSEK, Ivo (203 Czech Republic) and Emanuel HURYCH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2019, 2213-0780.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60304 Religious studies
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: Open Access
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.014
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14510/19:00109722
• Organization unit: Faculty of Sports Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2019.04.003
• UT WoS: 000500725400005
• Keywords in English: Sailing tourism; Spiritual health; Eudaimonic experience; Adventure tourism
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Unlike boating tourism, which emphasises ecological concerns, and cruise tourism, with its hedonistic focus, sailing tourism is characterised by a distinct experiential emphasis. The aim of this research was to determine whether or not the participants in an ocean crossing from New Zealand to the Falkland Islands around Cape Horn underwent experiences that can be characterised by the behavioural structure of each factor in the model of a spiritually healthy personality. A mixed research design combining research methods (questionnaires, interviews, and mind maps) was chosen. A sample consisted of 11–19 respondents, according to the research techniques: questionnaires were filled out by 18 respondents; mind maps by 19 individuals; and 11 participants were interviewed. An analysis of the data points to the diversity of the individual experiences of the participants, with the possible general characteristic that on such voyages what is unique is not the hedonistic pleasure, but rather a eudaimonic experiential structure, thus defining the spiritual dimension of this kind of tourism as a nonreligious pilgrimage. This conclusion can help develop the theoretical concept of sailing, boating and cruise tourism in quite a significant way.