The history of our world is made up of by people like Andrew, people want to discover and to explore. Andrew has conquered the notoriously dangerous wind and rages, even the 40 knots. He was inside of land when he was separated from kayak, leaving his little son growing up never knowing his father's weaknesses.
I was once wondering the reason he chose to be alone. Adventurous as he was, he might have experienced the intense feeling of living on the edge of death. It was a way of no return, as he anticipated. Then he found the reason.