List of youth solo sailing circumnavigations

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Youth solo sailing circumnavigations[edit]

Sailor Port of departure Date of departure Date completed Duration (days) Age at completion Boat Notes
Robin Lee Graham
 US 		Los Angeles, California, U.S. 27 July 1965[1] 30 April 1970[1] 1738 21 years, 56 days Lapworth 24: Dove
Allied Luders 33: Return of Dove[2] 		Westerly, via Panama Canal.[3] Solo, with stops and assistance.
Tania Aebi
 US 		New York City, New York, U.S. 28 May 1985[4] 6 November 1987[5] 892 21 years, 30 days Contessa 26: Varuna Westerly, via Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance. Aebi had a passenger for a short stretch (80 nmi).
Brian Caldwell
 US 		Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. 1 June 1995 20 September 1996 477 20 years, 278 days Contessa 26: Mai Miti Vavau Westerly, via northern Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Panama Canal. Solo with stops and assistance.
David Dicks
 AUS 		Fremantle, Australia 26 February 1996 17 November 1996 265 18 years, 42 days S&S 34: Seaflight Easterly, via Great capes. Solo, non-stop, with assistance.
Jesse Martin
 AUS 		Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia 8 December 1998 31 October 1999 327 18 years, 66 days S&S 34: Lionheart Easterly, via Great capes. Solo, non-stop, and unassisted.
Zac Sunderland
 US 		Marina del Rey, California, U.S. 14 June 2008 16 July 2009 396 17 years, 229 days Islander 36: Intrepid Westerly, via northern Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance.[6]
Michael Perham
 UK 		Portsmouth, England, U.K. 16 November 2008 27 August 2009 284 17 years, 164 days Open 50: totallymoney.com Easterly, via Cape of Good Hope and Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance.[7]
Jessica Watson
 AUS NZ 		Sydney, Australia 18 October 2009 15 May 2010 209 16 years, 362 days S&S 34: Ella's Pink Lady Easterly, via Great capes. Solo, non-stop, and unassisted, but the voyage was shorter than the required 21,600 nautical miles to be considered a global circumnavigation.
Laura Dekker
 NED
 NZL[8][9] 		Gibraltar 21 August 2010 21 January 2012 518 16 years, 123 days Jeanneau Gin Fizz: Guppy Westerly, via Panama Canal and Cape of Good Hope. Solo, with stops and assistance.

Abby Sunderland attempted on her boat Wild Eyes through a planned easterly circumnavigation in 2010 but did not complete due to bad weather on the remote area northeast of Kerguelen Islands.

Since the Jesse Martin voyage, records claimed for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world are not recognized by the World Sailing Speed Record Council, nor by any other formal council. Therefore, the strict route requirements of the WSSRC are not being followed for this list, and it is deemed sufficient for the sailors to cross all longitudes and the equator, before crossing their own path again.

Unassisted sailing essentially means that the sail boat does not dock in harbors, or with other boats and does not get equipment from outside during the voyage.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Holm, Don (1974). "The Schoolboy Circumnavigator". The Circumnavigators. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008.
  2. ^ Henkel, Steve (2009). The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats. McGraw Hill Professional. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0.
  3. ^ Henderson, Richard (1992). Singlehanded Sailing: The Experiences and Techniques of the Lone Voyagers. McGraw Hill Professional. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-07-028164-6.
  4. ^ Cunneff, Tom (23 November 1987). "Around the World in 29 Months, Tania Aebi Blows into New York with a Record Guinness May Not Validate". People. 28 (21). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  5. ^ Martin, Jesse (2001). Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1-86508-570-8. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  6. ^ Thomas, Pete (17 July 2009). "Zac Sunderland Completes Solo Sail Around the World". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  7. ^ Ormsby, Avril (27 August 2009). "British Teen Becomes Youngest to Sail World Solo". Reuters. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  8. ^ Laura Dekker, sailing under New Zealand flag, arrives at Sint Maarten on Jan. 21, 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  9. ^ The Return of the Bureaucrats – Laura Dekker Strikes the Dutch Flag. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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