Ellen MacArthur

Ellen MacArthur

female, 33 years old
Laureus World Sports Awards winner, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, sailboat racer, from the Isle of Wight, yachting, Cowes…Sailor, Single-handed sailor
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE (born July 8, 1976) is an English sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, on...
Francis Chichester

Francis Chichester

male, deceased (1972)
boarding school, Old Marlburian, Anglican, Marlborough College, From Barnstaple, Single-handed sailor…single-handed
Sir Francis Chichester (September 17 1901 - August 26 1972), aviator and sailor, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person...
Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum

male, deceased (1909)
Sailing Alone Around the World, Nova Scotia sportspeople, Canadian, from Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canadian of British descent, American non-fiction outdoors writer…Single-handed sailor, Sailor
Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 - on or shortly after 14 November, 1909) was a Canadian-American seaman and adventurer, a noted writer, and the...
Robin Knox-Johnston

Robin Knox-Johnston

male, 70 years old
English, Jules Verne Trophy, Sir Peter Blake, Single-handed sailor, British, Commander of the Order of the British Empire…Sailor
Sir William Robert Pat "Robin" Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD and bar (born 17 March 1939) was the first man to perform a single-handed non-stop...
Mike Golding

Mike Golding

male, 49 years old
Velux 5 Oceans yacht race, VELUX 5 Oceans Race, Ecover, Warsash, Jorgen Philip-Sorensen, Royal Southampton Yacht Club…Single-handed sailor, Sailor
Mike Golding (born 27 August 1960) is an English yachtsman. He is one of the few yachtsmen to have raced round the world non-stop in both...
Dee Caffari

Dee Caffari

female
Member of the Order of the British Empire, circumnavigation, Denise "Dee" Caffari, sailboat racer, From Hertfordshire, English…Single-handed sailor, Sailor, single-handedly
Denise "Dee" Caffari MBE is a British sailor, and is the first woman to have sailed single-handedly non-stop around the world "the wrong way"; west...
Bruno Peyron

Bruno Peyron

male
French, Single-handed sailor, la baule, catamaran, sailboat racer, La Baule-Escoublac
Bruno Peyron is a yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran Orange II, broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005....
Bernard Moitessier

Bernard Moitessier

male, deceased (1994)
French non-fiction outdoors writer, islomaniac, Polynesia, Single-handed sailor, hanoi, sailboat racer
Bernard Moitessier (10 April 1925 Hanoi, Vietnam - 16 June 1994 near Paris, France) was a renowned French yachtsman and author of books about his...
Francis Joyon

Francis Joyon

male, 53 years old
circumnavigation, nautical miles, Laurent Bourgnon, Ambrose Lighthouse, Lizard Point, Cornwall, Ushant…single-handed, Single-handed sailor
Francis Joyon (born May 28, 1956) is a professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. In February 2004 Breton Francis Joyon became the fastest world...
Vito Dumas

Vito Dumas

male, deceased (1965)
From Buenos Aires, Cape Horn, Sailor, argentine, Single-handed sailor, World War II…single-handed
Vito Dumas (September 26, 1900 - March 28, 1965) was an Argentine single-handed sailor. In 1942, while the world was in the depths of World War II,...