4-time circumnavigator via Cape Horn • 2005: Jules Verne Trophy. Catamaran Orange II skippered by Bruno Peron. Role: crew. Set a non-stop circumnavigation record of 50 days 16 hrs 20 mins, 4 secs • 2010: Jules Verne Trophy. Trimaran Groupama…
5-time circumnavigator via Cape Horn. • 1977/8 Whitbread, Kings Legend, - Role: Navigator • 1981/2 Whitbread - Alaska Eagle, - Role: skipper • 1985/6 Whitbread - Drum - skipper. - Role: skipper • 1989/90 Whitbread - Fazisi, - Role: skipper •…
3-time circumnavigator via Cape Horn 2009-12: Solo circumnavigation from UK to Canada via South Africa, New Zealand, Canada (Victoria, B.C.) , Cape Horn, S. Africa, Hobart (Tasmania), Tahiti, Hawaii, Victoria B.C. - one-and-a-half times around the world via Cape Horn,…
3-time circumnavigator via Cape Horn • 1985/5: Whitbread Round the World Race aboard Belgian maxi yacht Cote d’Or, 4th. • 2000/1: Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race aboard IMOCA 60 PRB 1st 93days 3hrs 57mins • 2008/9: Vendée Globe…
2-time circumnavigator via Cape Horn • 1998: Awarded the YJA British Yachtsman of The Year and Sailing's Young Hope title in France. • 2000/1: Vendee Globe Race 2nd in 60ft Kingfisher • 2001: appointed a Member of the Order of the…
7-time circumnavigator via Cape Horn. • 1981/2 Whitbread Round the World race in Flyer II skippered by Cornelis van Rietschoten. winner on handicap and elapsed time. Role: onboard sailmaker • 1985/6 Whitbread Round the World race in Lion New Zealand skippered by Peter Blake.…
Australian Jon Sanders was the first man to circumnavigate Antarctica solo, circling the continent twice in 1981 – 1982 in his S&S 34 monohull Perie Banou, . His course took him south of the three great capes: Horn, Good Hope…
In 1988, Australian Kay Cottee became the first woman to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation , taking 189 days in her 37 feet (11 m) yacht Blackmores First Lady,. Before returning to a hero’s welcome in Sydney, Cottee's yacht was…
Dame Naomi James, became the first woman to sail solo around the world via Cape Horn with one stop in 1978, completing her circumnavigation in 272 days, beating Sir Francis Chichester's solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. Raised in…
Cornelis "Conny" van Rietschoten is the only skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race twice. At 45, the Dutch industrialist had read reports about the first Whitbread Race, saw it as the opportunity of a lifetime – and…
