Morgan's sail
around, non-stop in 150 days, one-hour and six minutes was accomplished in
1985-1986 and was documented by D.H. "Nobby" Clarke who was the authenticator
for Guinness in sailing ventures. He was the first American to sail around
non-stop and in the process set thirteen solo sailing records, virtually all of
which have been broken largely by competitors in solo, non-stop races begun
several years after his voyage. His sail with American Promise was not in the
context of a race, but was tracked by a transmit only Argos system on the
boat.
Records Broken:
- Fastest solo passage from
a North Atlantic post to (off) Capetown by a monohull: Bermuda to Capetown,
7095 miles in 43 days 16 hrs. 29 mins. = 162.4 m.p.d.
- Largest monohull sailed
single handed from North to South Atlantic
- Fastest solo non-stop
passage from Bermuda to Cape Horn: 18,511.9 miles in 108 days 1 hr 6 mins =
171.3 m.p.d.
- Fastest passage from
Australasia to Cape Horn during a solo non-stop circuit. From the longitude of
Horbart, Tasmania, to Cape Horn; 5690 miles in 32 days 16 hrs 46 mins =172.4
m.p.d.
- Largest monohull yacht to
round the Horn single handed.
- First American single
hander to round all five southernmost capes during a non-stop
circumnavigation.
- Fastest 24 -Hour run
during a single handed non-stop circumnavigation: 236 miles
- Fastest 7-Day run during
a single handed non-stop circumnavigation: 1494 miles
- Fastest speed for a
single handed monohull circumnavigation: 25,670 miles in 150 days 1 hr 6 mins =
average speed 171.1 m.p.d. or 7.13 knots.
- Fastest time for a single
handed true circumnavigation: 150 days 1 hr 6 mins.
- First occasion when a
non-stop circumnavigator has beaten both time and speed of all previous single
handed monohull records.
- Largest monohull yacht to
complete a single handed non-stop circumnavigation.
- First American to
complete a single handed non-stop circumnavigation.
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