News Archive

Francis Joyon about to challenge Trans Atlantic record from New York By Michael Fortenbaugh, Commodore, Manhattan Sailing, , 3:40 PM Mon 13 May 2013
One of the greatest solo sailors in the world, Frenchman Francis Joyon, is expected to arrive at Dennis Conner's North Cove Marina in New York today with his extreme trimaran 'IDEC.' He will be berthed in the marina for a week or longer as he waits for a weather window to challenge the solo Trans-Atlantic Record. ...[more]

First solo circumnavigation by deaf sailor wins OCC award By Daria Blackwell, Ocean Cruising Club/Sail-World, 6:46 AM Fri 10 May 2013
This week Scottish sailor Gerry Hughes became the first deaf yachtsman to circumnavigate the world singlehanded by crossing 'the line' in Troon Harbour in Scotland. He was greeted by hundreds of well wishers and fans who turned out to mark the occasion. Best of all, he was bestowed an Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) Special Recognition Award upon stepping onto the dock. ...[more]

Kayakers to sail and paddle across the North Sea By Stuart Elford/Sail-World Cruising, , 6:29 AM Wed 8 May 2013
Pete Goss MBE is nothing if not an adventure-seeker, but the former marine and racing sailor became a world-wide hero when he overcame hurricane odds to save a fellow competitor in the Southern Ocean. And it wasn't all about racing. Next he sailed a wooden lugger to Australia, then rounded Tasmania in a sailing kayak. Now he is about to tackle the North Sea in the same style sailing kayak. ...[more]

World's fastest Hydroptere to go for Pacific record By Des Ryan, , 2:53 AM Sun 28 Apr 2013
The world's fastest sailing boat has announced that it will attempt to break the speed record crossing between San Francisco and Honolulu. ...[more]

Repairing rudder upside-down in the Southern Ocean By Sail-World Cruising, 1:06 PM Tue 23 Apr 2013
It's all in a day's sailing: 'I used two safety lines to tie myself to the boat while I turned upside down off the stern to fix the rudder.' These are the words of 70-year-old solo circumnavigating sailor Jeanne Socrates, describing how she repaired her rudder in the Southern Ocean. ...[more]

Jeanne Socrates is out of the Southern Ocean, heading north By Lee Mylchreest, , 4:25 PM Wed 10 Apr 2013
She's turn the corner towards warm water! It might have been a small adjustment to the helm but it was a momentous change for the septuagenarian sailor. Jeanne Socrates, 70-year-old solo sailor has turned her boat north to cross the Pacific in her quest for a solo non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the earth. While there are many miles to go, the dreaded Southern Ocean is behind her. ...[more]

Heart-breaking end to solo round-world sail. By This is South Devon/Sail-World Cruising, 6:23 AM Wed 10 Apr 2013
He was almost home. A Danish solo sailor who had his heart set on a solo round-world sail has ended up in Britain instead of Denmark, after his yacht was dismasted close to South Devon. He had to be rescued after 260 days without setting foot on land. ...[more]

Sailor completes first ever Indian solo non-stop circumnavigation By Nancy Knudsen, 6:23 AM Mon 8 Apr 2013
Abhilash Tomy, his day job being as a Lieutenant Commander in the Indian Navy, on Saturday became the first Indian sailor to circumnavigate the earth in a sailing boat, solo, non-stop and unassisted. It wasn't meant to be a race, but he officially finished just 24 hours after Chinese sailor Gau Chuan completed his own similar solo world journey to become the first Chinese to achieve such a feat. ...[more]

Guo Chuan completes first Chinese non-stop solo world sail By Nancy Knudsen, , 7:05 AM Sat 6 Apr 2013
Circumnavigation, 18 Nov 2013-5 Apr,2014, lasts 137day20hour1min57sec. With this briefest possible entry in his Twitter account, Chinese sailor Guo Chuan announced that he had become the first Chinese sailor in history to complete a non-stop unassisted solo circumnavigation of the earth. ...[more]

Circumnavigation of Bermuda in an Optimist - a first! By Colin Thompson, Royal Gazette/Sail-World, 9:35 AM Tue 19 Mar 2013
The sailor was Welsh, the island was British, the location was off the coast of North America. Tom Herbert-Evans carved his name in local sailing history this week when he became the first sailor to circumnavigate the Island of Bermuda in a 7'6' dinghy. It might have been only local historians who are interested, but you can't help admiring his pluck and fortitude when you read the story. ...[more]

Solo sailor Laura Dekker denies support to the documentary about her By Nancy Knudsen, , 6:58 AM Mon 18 Mar 2013
It's just another typically small shred of evidence to show how much Laura Dekker, the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world, is a true sailor, not a willing media star. After world-wide publicity attached to the documentary on her achievement which is just launched at a media festival in Austin, Texas, Laura has, with a one-liner in her blog, distanced herself from any involvement. ...[more]

79-year-old sets out on solo circumnavigation By Sail-World Cruising Round-up, 5:40 AM Wed 13 Mar 2013
They're getting older and older - solo circumnavigators that is. Now that the rush of ever-younger would-be solo circumnavigators seems to be over, it's the turn of the over 70's. With 70-year-old British sailor Jeanne Socrates half way through her unassisted non-stop solo circumnavigation, now a 79-year-old New Zealander has joined the quest, but with a stop or two. ...[more]

Richard Mayon-White - across the Atlantic solo on a Mini Transat By Sail-World Cruising Round-up, 7:04 AM Tue 12 Mar 2013
He has rowed across the Atlantic to raise money for cancer, cycled across the Pyrenees and now he is to sail solo across the Atlantic. Many people have done that, you say, but British adventurer Richard Mayon-White is going to do it solo in a 6.5m boat. ...[more]

A new sailing challenge soon - over the Pole By John Vidal, Guardian/Sail-World Cruising, , 10:55 AM Tue 5 Mar 2013
Soon there is likely to be a new sailing challenge for the adventure-minded sailor. 'Soon' is, of course, relative. If calculations are correct by two university researchers, ships will be able to sail directly over the pole by the middle of the century and that means yachts as well. ...[more]

And now, the documentary: Laura Dekker's solo around-world sail. By Nancy Knudsen, 9:53 AM Mon 4 Mar 2013
And now, the documentary. Brooklyn-based filmmaker Jillian Schlesinger is producing and directing a documentary called 'Maidentrip', the story of solo sailor Laura Dekker's record-breaking sail around the world. Its world premiere is to take place on March 10 during the 2013 SXSW Film Festival, in Austin, Texas. ...[more]

India's first solo sailing circumnavigator on the home run By Nancy Knudsen, 12:42 PM Wed 27 Feb 2013
There's almost nothing that can stop him now. Lt Commander Abilhash Tomy, Indian Navy, in his 56 foot sloop Mhadei, has passed south of the Cape of Good Hope and entered his home ocean. So all the perilous southerly capes have been passed and the way home is clear. ...[more]

Alluring Northwest Passage - the transit tally so far By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 10:07 AM Tue 26 Feb 2013
The most adventurous challenge for the cruising sailor is the Northwest Passage. Not so impossible as to be foolhardy, not so easy as to be a cinch, and the most alluring in terms of the rarely seen natural world - the ice floes, the life at the floe edge, the polar bears, the seals, the life of the Inuit. It has still only been negotiated by 135 vessels since recorded transits began ...[more]

Pete Goss sails kayak around Tasmania By Stuart Elford/Sail-World Cruising, 8:33 AM Mon 18 Feb 2013
Pete Goss and Andy Warrender have completed their epic 800nm circumnavigation of Tasmania by sea kayak after 50 days of adventure, sailing when they could and paddling when they couldn't, in a trip which saw a variety of weather and a wealth of wildlife. ...[more]

Italian sailor set to break American record NYC to SFO By Barbara Sanicola/Sail-World Cruising, , 12:29 PM Fri 15 Feb 2013
Almost nothing can stop him now. An Italian sailor is on his way to break the record for the fastest monohull to sail from New York to San Francisco via the Horn. It's not an easy route, as one sails round the Horn the 'wrong way', and it has a long history, so it will be a sweet victory. ...[more]

Shackleton Epic 2013 - Alexandra Shackleton nears historic feat By Kim McKay, South Georgia Island , 6:42 AM Sat 2 Feb 2013
Now into their ninth day at sea, the Alexandra Shackleton is within 180 miles of reaching South Georgia Island and achieving the first goal in the Shackleton Epic historic re-enactment, but the boat is tracking slightly off course and needs to correct its position within the next 36-48 hours to make its landing at King Haakon Bay. ...[more]

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