LIST OF SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATORS
| Dates | Name | Nationality/ Flag |
Vessel | Direction/ Cape/Canals |
Record | Remarks | |||
| Depart | Complete | Name | Material/Size | Rig | |||||
| 4/24/1895 | 6/27/1898 | Joshua Slocum | U.S./U.S. | Spray | Wood 36'9"X14'2" |
Sloop | Westward | First American to sail around the world alone | Via Strait of Magellan |
| 1921 | 1925 | Harry Pidgeon | U.S./U.S. | Islander | Wood 34'X10'9" |
Yawl | Westward /Panama |
First around via Panama Canal | |
| 1923 | 1929 | Alain Gerbault | French /France |
Firecrest | Wood 39'X8'6" |
Cutter | Westward /Panama |
First Frenchman to sail around the world alone | |
| 1928 | 1932 | Edward Miles | U.S./U.S. | Sturdy/ Sturdy II |
Wood 37'X10'/ 36'9"X10'1" |
Schooners | Eastward /Panama, Suez |
First man to sail Eastward via both canals | |
| 1932 | 1937 | Harry Pidgeon | U.S./U.S. | Islander | Wood 34'X10'9" |
Yawl | Westward /Panama |
First man to sail around the world single-handed twice | |
| 1936 | 1938 | Louis Bernicot | French /France |
Anahita | Wood 41'X11'9" |
Cutter | Westward | First to follow Slocum's track | Via the Strait of Megellan |
| 1942 | 1943 | Vito Dumas | Argentina /Argentina |
Lehg II | Wood 33'X11' |
Ketch | Eastward Horn | First to circumnavigate via the Horn | |
| 1948 | 1952 | Al Peterson | U.S./U.S. | Stronoway | Wood 33'X11' |
Cutter | Westward /Panama, Suez |
First Eastward via both canals | |
| 1950 | 1958 | Marcel Bardiaux | French /France |
Les Quatre Vents | Wood 30'8"X8'10" |
Sloop | Westward horn | First Westward via The Horn | |
| 1950 | 1956 | Adrian Hayter | New
Zealand /U.K. |
Sheila II | Wood 32'X8'6" |
Yawl | Eastward /Suez |
(See second circumnavigation) | |
| 1953 | 1957 | Jean Gau | French /U.S. |
Atom | Wood 30'X9'10" |
Ketch | Westward /Panama |
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| 1955 | 1959 | John Guzzwell | B.C
Canada /B.C Canada |
Trekka | Wood 20'6"X6'6" |
Yawl | Westward /Panama |
First British Circumnavigator | |
| 1956 | 1961 | Joseph Havkins | Israel /Israel |
Lammerhak II | Wood 23'X7' |
Yawl | Westward | First Israeli. First without using canals | Crossed Israel and Mexico by land |
| 1957 | 1973 | Edward Allcard | U.K./U.K. | Sea Wanderer | Wood 26'X11' | Ketch | Westward Horn | ||
| 1962 | 1963 | Adrian Hayter | New
Zealand /U.K. |
Valkyr | Wood 25'X7'2" |
Sloop | Westward /Panama |
First to sail around the world both ways | |
| 1962 | 1968 | Jean Gau | French /U.S. |
Atom | Wood 30'X9'10" |
Ketch | Westward /Panama |
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| 1964 | 1966 | Pierre Auboiroux | French /France |
Neo-Vent | Wood 27'X7'6" |
Sloop | Westward /Suez, Panama |
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| 1965 | 1970 | Robin Lee Graham | U.S./U.S. | Dove/Return of Dove | Fiberglass 24'X7'6"/33'X9' |
Sloop | Westward / Panama |
Youngest Circumnavigator First fiberglass boat | |
| 1965 | 1968 | Rusty Weeb | U.K./U.K. | Flyd | Wood 29'3"X9'6" |
Sloop | Westward / Panama |
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| 1965 | 1969 | Alfred Kallies | German /Germany |
Pru | Wood 27'X7'11" |
Sloop | Westward / Panama |
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| 1966 | 1968 | Wilfried Erdman | German /Germany |
Kathena | Wood 25'X7'7" |
Sloop | Westward / Panama |
First German Circumnavigator | |
| 1966 | 1970 | John Sowden | U.S./U.S. | Tarmin | Wood 24'7X7'8" |
Sloop | Westward / Panama |
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| 1966 | 1967 | Francis Chichester | U.K./U.K. | Gypsy Moth IV | Wood 53'1"X10'6" |
Yawl | Eastward Horn | First to make only one stop | |
| 1966 | 1973 | Wolf Hausner | Austrian /Australia |
Taboo | Plywood 32'X15' |
Sloop- catamaran |
Westward / Panama |
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| 1967 | 1969 | Leonid Teliga | Polish /Poland |
Opty | Wood 32'4"X9'4" |
Yawl | Westward / Panama |
First Polish circumnavigator | |
| 1967 | 1969 | Roger Plisson | French /France |
Francois Virginie | Wood 24'X7' | Sloop | Westward / Panama |
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| 1967 | 1968 | Alec Rose | U.K./U.K. | Lively Lady | Wood 36'X9'3" |
Yawl | Eastward Horn | ||
| 1968 | 1969 | Robin Knox- Johnston | U.K./U.K. | Suhali | Wood 32'5"X11'1" |
Ketch | Eastward Horn | First non-stop circumnavigation | |
| 1966 | 1969 | Bernard Moitessier | French /France |
Joshua | Steel 39'6"X12' |
Ketch | Eastward Horn | First non-stop circumnavigation | |
| 1968 | 1969 | Nigel Tetley | U.K./U.K. | Victress | Plywood 40'X22' |
Ketch- trimaran |
Eastward Horn | First multi-hull solo circumnavigation | |
| 1968 | 1971 | Tom Blackwell | U.K./U.K. | Islander | Wood 58'6"X12'8" |
Ketch | Westward / Panama |
Largest yacht to circumnavigate via Panama singlehanded | |
| 1970 | 1971 | Chay Blythe | U.K./U.K. | British Steel | Steel 56'X12'10" |
Ketch | Westward Horn | First Westward Circumnavigation | |
| 1970 | 1973 | Bill King | Irish/U.K. | Galway Blazer II | Plywood 42'X10'5" |
Schooner | Westward / Panama |
First Irishman to sail alone around the world | |
| 1971 | 1972 | Jorgen Meyer | German /Germany |
Paloma | Fiberglass 34'X10'' |
Sloop | Westward / Panama |
First around in less than a year (347 days) | |
| 1971 | 1973 | Goran Cederstrom | Swedish /Sweden |
Tua Tua | Fiberglass 27'4"X8'3" |
Sloop | Westward / Panama |
First Swedish circumnavigator | |
| 1971 | 1974 | Hiroshi Aoki | Japanese /Japan |
Ahodori II | Plywood 20'9"X6'8" |
Yawl | Eastward Horn | Smallest yacht | |
| 1972 | 1973 | Kris Baranowski | Polish /Poland |
Polonez | Wood 45'3"X12'5" |
Ketch | Eastward Horn | Hobart to Horn in 45 days | |
| 1973 | 1974 | Alain Colas | French /France |
Manureva | Aluminum 70'X35' |
Ketch- trimaran |
Eastward Horn | Fastest single handed multi-hull circumnavigation | |
| 1973 | 1974 | Ambrogio Fogar | Italin /Italy |
Surprise | Wood 38'8"X9'3" |
Sloop | Westward Horn | ||
| 1973 | 1974 | Kenichi Horie | Japanese /Japan |
Mermaid III | Wood 28'10"X9'3" |
Sloop | Westward Horn | ||
| 1973 | 1974 | Ryusuke Ushijima | Japanese /Japan |
Gingitsune | Wood 31'X9'10" | Ketch | Eastward Horn | ||
| Nov 1962 | Dec 1976 | Edward Boden | U.S./U.S. | KITTIWAKE | Wood 25.4'X7.25' |
Sloop | Westward /Panama/S.Africa |
Click for Details | |
| 1963 | 1968 | Alan Eddy | U.S./U.S. | Apogee | Length: 24' | Allied Seawind Ketch | West to East Panama Canal / Cape Horn / Cape of Good Hope | 1st GRP Boat to circumnavigate | |
| 2/28/ 1976 | 3/20/1978 | Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz | Polish | Mazurek | Length: 31' Beam: 8.86' | Sloop | West to East | Click for Details | |
| 1977 | 1978 | Naomi James | New
Zealand /U.K. |
Express Crusader | Fiberglass 53'X13' |
Sloop | Eastward Horn | ||
| 1977 | June 6, 1980 | Dean
Vincent |
U.S./U.S. | EOS | Length:
39' Beam: 12' Displacement: 28,000 lb Draft: 5'5" Rigging: Ketch |
Ferro Cement | West to
East Major Path of Voyage: San Diego, Mexico, south Pacific, Australia, South Africa, Granda, Panama, San Diego |
Dean built EOS from scratch and is as proud of this accomplishment as from his circumnavigation. He says the ferro cement finish looked like fiberglass not the sidewalk! His circumnavigation took almost 3 years. After returning to San Diego he sold EOS then built a 49' cutter named EOS II. Sailed her from San Diego west through the Pacific and ended up in the Phillipines after sailing around Asia. He now builds 50' - 60' CATS. | |
| July 1978 | May 9, 1983 | Yves Gelinas |
Canada/Quebec | Jean-du-Sud | Fibreglass Length: 30' Beam: 8'9" Displacement: 9000lbs |
Sloop | West to East Major Path of Voyage : Southern Ocean/all the capes | ||
| 11/4/1980 | 6/24/1986 | Alan Butler | Canadian/Canada | Amon-Re | 26'2" | Catamaran | East to West / Cape Horn /Panama Canal | Left from Victoria, BC | |
| 1985 | 1986 | Dodge D. Morgan | U.S./U.S. | American Promise | Fiberglass 60'X16'5"X9'5" |
Sloop
Cutter |
Bermuda to Bermuda, eastabout via the five southernmost capes | First American to sail non-stop, setting 13 records | Click for Details |
| 5/2/1984 | 5/26/1986 | James
Baldwin |
U.S./U.S. | Atom | Fiberglass LOA 28' 8' beam 4.5' draft 8,000lbs disp |
Pearson
Triton Bulit 1960 |
East to West | Click for Details | |
| 2/24/1986 | 6/19/1987 | Teddy Seymour | USA | Love Song | Fiberglass 35' |
Ericson | West to East | 1st black (African-American) man to sail around the world solo. | Click for Details |
| 1989 | 1997 | Pat Henry | U.S./U.S. | Southren Cross | 31' | Sloop
Cutter |
East-West | Click for Details | |
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| 8/5/1990 | 6/9/1992 | William Pinkney | U.S./U.S. | The Committment | 47' | Cutter | East-West All 5 Capes |
4th of 5 Americans to round 5 capes | |
| 8/4/1996 | 8/18/1999 | Karen Thorndike | U.S./U.S. | Amelia | 31' | Sloop | East-West All 5 Capes |
First Americam woman to sail solo around the world | Click to visit her Web Site |
| 4/13/1998 | 12/29/2001 | Robert E. Case | U.S./U.S. | 37' | 1979 Endurance pilothouse ketch | Sailed from SanDiego, CA west to east. Returned to San Diego via the Panama Canal | Disabled Sailor - amputee - lost lower left leg while serving with the Marine Corp. | ||
| 4/9/1999 | 9/23/2000 | Kris Baranowski | Polish /Poland |
Polonez | Wood 45'3"X12'5" | Ketch | Westward | His second trip Click for Details | |
| Aug 1999 | Nov 2002 | Ron
Llewellyn |
Australian /Australia |
SULA | Robert's 36 Cutter | Cutter | Westward | Click for Details | |
| 1/21/1999 | 6/23/2002 | Patrick Kaines | U.S./U.S. | Eagle Dancer | LOA 31' Beam 1,4m Hull 230kg Keel 120kg Built 1999, in GRP |
Sloop | East to West | ||
| 5/17/1999 | 7/9/2003 | Evgeny Gvozdev | Russia/Russia | Said | Fiberglass LOA 3,6m Beam 10'4" Draft 5'8" |
East to West | Click for Details | ||
| 12/5/1999 | 12/7/2001 | David B. Clark | U.S./U.S. | Mollie Milar | Metal LOA 44' |
Sloop | East to West | Oldest Single handed Circumnavigator | Click for Details |
| Mickey | Fiberglass LOA 34' |
Sloop | |||||||
| 04/2000 | 05/2004 | Kenneth
Hellewell |
U.S./U.S. | Topaz | 1975
FRP LOA 37.5' Beam 12.3' Disp 14,000lbs |
C&C 38 | East to
West Cape of Good Hope- Panama Canal |
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| 9/30/2001 | 9/1/2002 | Edwin
Arnold |
U.S./U.S. | Nomad | length 35.5
ft. Beam 11.5 ft. Disp. 20,000 lbs Age 13 yrs. Aluminum |
Custom, Ted Brewer Design | West to
East Major Path of Voyage: Sitka AK, Cape Horn, Cape Town, Adelaide, Aus. Sitka Royal Cape YC 11 Feb - 5 Mar 2002 |
The intended non-stop circumnavigation was interrupted after I collided with an iceberg on 9 Jan 2002 at 50 deg. 36 min S x 40 deg 46 min W. Damage to the roller furling and pulpit was repaired in Cape Town. There was no hull damage. I stopped at Adelaide to replace a faulty radar. Presently lives in Eagle, CO where he and his wife Mary have mountains rather than the ocean for their views. | |
| 11/7/2003 | 3/8/2004 | Jean Luc Van Den Heede | France/France | Adrien | Aluminium LOA 25.7m Beam 5.4m |
Monohull | East to West | Click for Details | |
| 6/16/2001 | 8/8/2004 | Uwe
Rottgering |
German | FANFAN! | Aluminium 12.18m Beam 3.45m Disp 8,500KG |
One off Sloop | West to East | Click for Details | |
| April 2001 | June 2005 | Fredric D.
Roe |
U.S./U.S. | Oceana | Steel 44ft Beam 10.5ft Disp 15 ton 70 yrs old |
Ketch | Westward | Honolulu, Phuket, Durban, Panama, Honolulu | |
| 11/11/2005 | 5/16/2007 | Donna Lange | U.S./U.S. | Inspired Insanity | 28' Southern Cross Fiber Glass | Sloop | West to East / Cape Horn / Cape of Good Hope | Only 3 stops | |
| 7/2/2005 | 3/22/2008 | Robert Graf |
Canadian/Canada | Drifter Way | 49ft,18.67 Disp Beam 14'4" Fiberglass and lead ballast |
"Spray" Ketch rigged | Westward/Cape of Good Hope/Panama Canal | Level I Cir. | Click for Details |
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