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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1541	302	1843	1706	664
1	United Kingdom	897	171	1068	998	343
2	United States	123	32	155	137	63
3	France	126	19	145	138	67
4	Ireland	45	8	53	43	27
5	Australia	35	9	44	33	18
6	Netherlands	24	11	35	45	10
7	South Africa	30	3	33	30	10
8	Canada	23	7	30	22	18
9	New Zealand	21	4	25	27	9
10	Switzerland	17	5	22	22	0
11	Belgium	20	0	20	14	7
12	Germany	12	8	20	14	7
13	Norway	13	5	18	18	2
14	Antigua And Barbuda	11	5	16	16	0
15	Denmark	12	3	15	17	1
16	Spain	13	1	14	12	3
17	Sweden	12	2	14	13	7
18	Russia	13	0	13	10	10
19	Guyana	9	0	9	10	3
20	China	3	4	7	7	6
21	Hungary	5	1	6	6	3
22	Romania	5	0	5	4	1
23	Iceland	5	0	5	7	4
24	Brazil	4	1	5	2	1
25	Faroe Islands	4	0	4	3	3
26	Austria	2	2	4	4	1
27	Finland	4	0	4	3	1
28	Poland	4	0	4	4	2
29	Italy	3	0	3	3	2
30	Ukraine	3	0	3	4	2
31	Bulgaria	2	0	2	3	0
32	Egypt	2	0	2	0	2
33	Japan	2	0	2	2	1
34	Croatia	2	0	2	2	2
35	French Guiana	2	0	2	3	0
36	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	1	1
37	Latvia	2	0	2	4	1
38	Bahrain	2	0	2	0	2
39	Malta	2	0	2	2	0
40	Gibraltar	2	0	2	0	3
41	Portugal	2	0	2	1	3
42	Lithuania	2	0	2	1	3
43	Barbados	2	0	2	2	0
44	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	1	1
45	India	2	0	2	2	2
46	Georgia	1	0	1	1	0
47	Argentina	1	0	1	0	2
48	Greece	1	0	1	1	0
49	Serbia	1	0	1	1	0
50	Uruguay	0	1	1	1	0
51	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	0	4
52	Turkey	1	0	1	6	5
53	Guatemala	1	0	1	1	0
54	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	1
55	Mexico	1	0	1	1	0
56	Korea	1	0	1	1	0
57	Lebanon	1	0	1	1	0
58	Slovenia	1	0	1	1	0
59	Oman	1	0	1	1	0

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King-Fretts

Hugh

1947-10-01

Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
40	C	I	30 Jan 1984 10:00	08 May 1984 22:30	Los Cristianos (ES)	Conset Bay (BB)	99d 12h 30m	2733	1.14	36y 121d

Graham

Walters

1947-07-17

945	C T	I	25 Jan 2020 07:00	29 Apr 2020 15:00	Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	95d 8h 0m	2631	1.15	72y 192d
331	C	I	03 Feb 2007 00:00	13 May 2007 08:38	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	St Barts (BL)	99d 8h 38m	2842	1.19	59y 201d
215	C	I	29 Oct 2003 00:00	26 Jan 2004 06:15	Playa Santiago (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	89d 6h 15m	2529	1.18	56y 104d
156	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	23 Dec 2001 21:02	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	77d 21h 2m	2554	1.37	54y 82d
88	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	13 Dec 1997 04:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	62d 4h 0m	2550	1.71	50y 87d

Links: wiki;

David

Rice

1947-06-22

12 Oct 1997 00:00

06 Dec 1997 03:00

55d 3h 0m

50y 112d

Related: Nadia Rice (wife);

Peter

Hogden

1947-05-19

12 Oct 1997 00:00

09 Dec 1997 15:00

58d 15h 0m

50y 146d

Geoff

Allum

1947-04-19

C
H
B

12 Jan 1971 06:00

26 Mar 1971 12:30

73d 6h 30m

23y 268d

Related: Don Allum (cousin);

Nadia

Rice

1947-04-17

12 Oct 1997 00:00

06 Dec 1997 03:00

55d 3h 0m

50y 178d

Related: David Rice (husband);

Joseph

Le Guen

1947-03-29

95	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	30 Nov 1997 07:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	49d 7h 0m	2550	2.16	50y 197d
68	C	I	13 Jun 1995 00:00	24 Sep 1995 00:00	Cape Cod (US)	Ile Molene (FR)	103d 0h 0m	2721	1.1	48y 76d

Peter

Bird

1947-02-19

39	C	I	23 Aug 1982 00:00	13 Jun 1983 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Great Barrier Reef (AU)	294d 0h 0m	5213	0.74	35y 185d
37	C H	I	01 Oct 1980 00:00	25 Feb 1981 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Hawaii (US)	147d 0h 0m	2039	0.58	33y 225d
29	C H	I	24 Mar 1974 00:00	25 Jun 1974 07:00	Gibraltar (ES)	St. Lucia (LC)	93d 7h 0m	3080	1.38	27y 33d

Links: wiki;

Jim

Shekhdar

1946-11-13

129	C	I	29 Jun 2000 00:00	29 Mar 2001 13:12	Ilo (PE)	N Sradbroke (AU)	273d 13h 12m	7038	1.07	53y 229d
105	C	R	12 Oct 1997 18:00	20 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	68d 6h 0m	2550	1.56	50y 333d

Links: wiki;

Alexander

Doba

1946-09-09

778	C sd K	I	16 May 2017 10:47	03 Sep 2017 13:45	Bernegat Bay (US)	Le Conquet (FR)	110d 2h 58m	2931	1.11	70y 249d
596	C K ms	I	23 Mar 2014 16:35	19 Apr 2014 20:18	South of Bermuda (BM)	New Smyrna Beach (US)	27d 3h 43m	897	1.38	67y 195d
596	C K ms	I	05 Oct 2013 15:08	24 Feb 2014 11:03	Lisbon (PT)	South of Bermuda (BM)	141d 19h 55m	2697	0.79	67y 26d
489	C K	I	26 Oct 2010 16:30	02 Feb 2011 22:50	Dakar (SN)	Acarau (BR)	99d 6h 20m	1712	0.72	64y 47d

Links: wiki;

Roger

Montandon

1946-09-01

23 Feb 1996 00:00

22 Apr 1996 00:00

59d 0h 0m

49y 175d

Curtis

Saville

1946-08-22

42	C ms	I	04 Jun 1985 00:00	31 Jul 1985 00:00	Efate (VU)	Kings Beach (AU)	57d 0h 0m	1002	0.73	38y 286d
42	C ms	I	30 May 1985 00:00	27 Jun 1985 00:00	Pago Pago (AS)	Efate (VU)	28d 0h 0m	1228	1.83	38y 281d
42	C ms	I	23 Mar 1985 00:00	02 May 1985 00:00	Ua Pou (PF)	Pago Pago (AS)	40d 0h 0m	1824	1.9	38y 213d
42	C ms	I	17 Aug 1984 00:00	23 Oct 1984 00:00	Puerto Ayora (EC)	Ua Pou (PF)	67d 0h 0m	3016	1.88	37y 361d
42	C ms	I	04 Jul 1984 00:00	03 Aug 1984 00:00	Callao (PE)	Puerto Ayora (EC)	30d 0h 0m	1037	1.44	37y 317d
38	C H	I	18 Mar 1981 00:00	15 Jun 1981 00:00	Casablanca (MA)	English Harbour (AG)	89d 0h 0m	2954	1.38	34y 208d

Related: Kathleen Saville (wife);

David

Mitchell

1946-06-29

158

07 Oct 2001 00:00

17 Dec 2001 18:30

71d 18h 30m

55y 100d

Peter

Kavanagh

1946-03-21

12 Oct 1997 00:00

09 Dec 1997 04:00

58d 4h 0m

51y 205d

Related: Eamonn Kavanagh (brother);

Gerard

Seibel

1946-03-05

C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

46y 20d

Jean-François

Tardiveau

1945-09-25

311

C
M

19 Nov 2006 00:00

05 Jan 2007 00:11

47d 0h 11m

61y 55d

Gerard

d'Aboville

1945-09-05

59	C	I	11 Jul 1991 08:00	22 Nov 1991 20:15	Choshi (JP)	Ilawaco (US)	134d 12h 15m	5387	1.67	45y 309d
36	C H	I	10 Jul 1980 01:00	20 Sep 1980 00:00	Chatham (US)	Lizard (UK)	71d 23h 0m	2668	1.54	34y 309d

Links: wiki;

John

Peck

1945-08-30

221

20 Jan 2004 00:00

27 Mar 2004 14:01

67d 14h 1m

58y 143d

Stein

Hoff

1945-08-29

184	C M	I	10 Aug 2002 00:00	14 Nov 2002 12:45	Belem (PT)	Georgetown (GY)	96d 12h 45m	3279	1.42	56y 346d
104	C	R	12 Oct 1997 18:00	20 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	68d 6h 0m	2550	1.56	52y 44d

Tony

Day

1945-07-12

149

07 Oct 2001 00:00

30 Dec 2001 18:56

84d 18h 56m

56y 87d

Patrick

Gollnisch

1945-01-10

C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

47y 75d

Jan

Female

1944-12-14

12 Oct 1997 00:00

21 Jan 1998 00:00

101d 0h 0m

52y 302d

Related: Daniel Byles (son);

Ray

Jardine

1944-12-01

186

07 Nov 2002 00:00

30 Dec 2002 10:46

53d 10h 46m

57y 341d

Related: Jenny Jardine (wife);

Diana

Hoff

1944-05-01

121

13 Sep 1999 00:00

04 Jan 2000 00:00

113d 0h 0m

55y 135d

Jean

Juras

1944-04-11

C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

47y 349d

Tony

Short

1944-03-28

518

05 Dec 2011 00:00

22 Jan 2012 08:03

48d 8h 3m

67y 252d

Richard

Jones

1943-07-07

133

10 Oct 2000 00:00

20 Feb 2001 00:00

133d 0h 0m

57y 95d

Tom

Butscher

1943-06-11

494

15 Jan 2011 00:00

03 Mar 2011 18:00

47d 18h 0m

67y 218d

Tom

McClean

1943-02-10

46	C	I	16 Jun 1987 00:00	10 Aug 1987 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	55d 0h 0m	1675	1.27	44y 126d
11	C H	I	17 May 1969 00:00	27 Jul 1969 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	Blacksod Bay (IE)	71d 0h 0m	1641	0.96	26y 96d

Links: wiki;

Jaques

Busson

1942-04-10

C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

49y 350d

Peter

Smith

1941-05-17

709

20 Dec 2015 09:00

10 Feb 2016 18:09

52d 9h 9m

74y 217d

Chay

Blyth

1940-05-14

C
H

04 Jun 1966 00:00

03 Sep 1966 00:00

91d 0h 0m

26y 21d

Links: wiki;

Pavel

Rezvoy

1938-11-28

257	C	I	13 Sep 2005 00:00	09 Nov 2005 04:50	Cocos (AU)	Mahe (SC)	57d 4h 50m	2494	1.82	66y 289d
234	C	R	14 May 2004 00:00	09 Jun 2004 07:54	Port St. Charles (BB)	Port Chivirico (CU)	26d 7h 54m	1047	1.66	65y 168d
234	C	R	20 Jan 2004 00:00	21 Mar 2004 18:15	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	61d 18h 15m	2606	1.76	65y 53d

Eugene

Smurgis

1938-08-19

62	C NP	I	04 Jun 1993 00:00	31 Aug 1993 00:00	Murmansk (RU)	London (UK)	88d 0h 0m	1402	0.66	54y 289d
62	C NP	I	18 Aug 1992 00:00	30 Sep 1992 00:00	Dikson (Russian Federation)	Murmansk (RU)	43d 0h 0m	928	0.9	53y 365d
56	C NP	I	15 Sep 1990 00:00	24 Sep 1990 00:00	Bukhta Neozhidannostey (RU)	Dikson (Russian Federation)	9d 0h 0m	155	0.72	52y 27d
56	C NP	I	07 Sep 1990 00:00	14 Sep 1990 00:00	Pravdy Severa (RU)	Bukhta Neozhidannostey (RU)	7d 0h 0m	35	0.21	52y 19d
56	C NP	I	27 Aug 1990 00:00	06 Sep 1990 00:00	Cape Chelyuskin (RU)	Pravdy Severa (RU)	10d 0h 0m	241	1	52y 8d
56	C NP	I	20 Aug 1990 00:00	26 Aug 1990 00:00	Khatanga (Russian Federation)	Cape Chelyuskin (RU)	6d 0h 0m	347	2.41	52y 1d
55	C NP	I	24 Jun 1988 00:00	08 Aug 1988 00:00	Tiksi (Russian Federation)	Khatanga (Russian Federation)	45d 0h 0m	492	0.46	49y 310d

Links: wiki; Related: Alexandre Smurgis (son);

John

Ridgway

1938-07-08

C
H

04 Jun 1966 00:00

03 Sep 1966 00:00

91d 0h 0m

27y 331d

Links: wiki;

John

Fairfax

1937-05-21

21	C H T	I	07 Feb 1972 00:00	22 Apr 1972 00:00	Tarawa (KI)	Hayman Island (AU)	75d 0h 0m	1933	1.07	34y 262d
21	C H T	I	11 Jan 1972 00:00	13 Jan 1972 00:00	Gilbert Islands (KI)	Tarawa (KI)	2d 0h 0m	0	0	34y 235d
21	C H T	I	12 Nov 1971 00:00	09 Jan 1972 00:00	Tangkore (KI)	Gilbert Islands (KI)	58d 0h 0m	1496	1.07	34y 175d
21	C H T	I	17 Jun 1971 00:00	06 Oct 1971 00:00	Ensenada (MX)	Tangkore (KI)	111d 0h 0m	2948	1.11	34y 27d
21	C H T	I	26 Apr 1971 00:00	03 Jun 1971 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Ensenada (MX)	38d 0h 0m		0	33y 340d
9	C H B	I	20 Jan 1969 00:00	19 Jul 1969 00:00	San Agustin, Gran Canaria (ES)	Hollywood Beach (US)	180d 0h 0m	3773	0.87	31y 244d

Links: wiki;

Don

Allum

1937-05-17

48	C	I	21 Jun 1987 00:00	05 Sep 1987 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	Achill Island (IE)	76d 0h 0m	1638	0.9	50y 35d
43	C	I	30 Jan 1986 00:00	24 May 1986 00:00	Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES)	Nevis (KN)	114d 0h 0m	2676	0.98	48y 258d
16	C H B	I	12 Jan 1971 06:00	26 Mar 1971 12:30	Beach outside Las Palmas Yacht Club, Gran Canaria (ES)	Harrison Point (BB)	73d 6h 30m	2621	1.49	33y 240d

Links: wiki; Related: Geoff Allum (cousin);

Anders

Svedlund

1926-10-23

28	C H	I	27 Feb 1974 00:00	06 Sep 1974 00:00	Huasco (CL)	Papeete (WS)	191d 0h 0m	5615	1.22	47y 127d
20	C H	I	21 Apr 1971 00:00	24 Jun 1971 00:00	Kalbarri (AU)	Antisiranana (MG)	64d 0h 0m	3747	2.44	44y 180d

Links: wiki;

Hannes

Lindermann Hannes Lindermann

1922-12-28

5	C W K	I	20 Oct 1956 00:01	30 Dec 1956 00:01	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	Nassau (BS)	71d 0h 0m	3293	1.93	33y 297d
4	K C W	I	01 Oct 1956 00:00	05 Dec 1956 00:00	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	Saint Martin (MF)	65d 0h 0m	2684	1.72	33y 278d

Links: wiki;

Sidney

Genders

1919-01-31

13	C H ms W	I	08 Mar 1970 08:00	02 Apr 1970 08:00	English Harbour (AG)	Miami (US)	25d 0h 0m	1155	1.93	51y 36d
13	C H ms W	I	25 Dec 1969 00:00	08 Mar 1970 08:00	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	73d 8h 0m	2639	1.5	50y 328d
13	C H ms W	I	11 Sep 1969 00:00	18 Nov 1969 00:00	Sennen Cove (UK)	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	68d 0h 0m	1477	0.91	50y 223d

Franz

Romer

1899-01-01

2	H W K C ms	I	15 Aug 1928 00:01	01 Sep 1928 00:01	St. Thomas (VG)	San Juan (PR)	17d 0h 0m	68	0.17	29y 227d
2	H W K C ms	I	04 Jun 1928 00:01	01 Aug 1928 00:01	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	St. Thomas (VG)	58d 0h 0m	2775	1.99	29y 155d
2	H W K C ms	I	31 Mar 1928 00:01	31 May 1928 00:00	Lisbon (PT)	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	60d 23h 59m	706	0.48	29y 90d

Frank

Samuelsen

1870-01-01

C
H
sd

06 Jun 1896 22:00

01 Aug 1896 11:00

55d 13h 0m

26y 157d

Links: wiki;

Reinhardt

Von Hof

0001-11-10

371

C
B
D

15 Dec 2007 00:00

17 Jan 2008 07:30

33d 7h 30m

0y 0d

Stu

Turnbull

0001-10-30

324

20 Dec 2006 00:00

21 Feb 2007 12:46

63d 12h 46m

0y 0d

Graham

Carlin

0001-10-13

492

C
B
B*
E

05 Jan 2011 13:30

08 Feb 2011 11:16

33d 21h 46m

0y 0d

Taylor

Charlie

0001-09-30

371

C
B
D

15 Dec 2007 00:00

17 Jan 2008 07:30

33d 7h 30m

0y 0d

Tom

Rendell

0001-09-30

329

14 Jan 2007 00:00

20 Feb 2007 08:03

37d 8h 3m

0y 0d

Adam

Burke

0001-09-22

492

C
B
B*
E

05 Jan 2011 13:30

08 Feb 2011 11:16

33d 21h 46m

0y 0d

Don

Lennox

0001-08-24

679	C	I	20 Jan 2015 23:30	05 Mar 2015 12:25	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	43d 12h 55m	2596	2.49	0y 0d
486	C D	I	17 Jun 2010 17:30	31 Jul 2010 14:56	Battery Park (US)	St. Mary's (UK)	43d 21h 26m	2811	2.67	0y 0d
371	C B D	I	15 Dec 2007 00:00	17 Jan 2008 07:30	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	33d 7h 30m	2601	3.26	0y 0d

Links: wiki;

Matt

Craughwell Matt Craughwell

0001-07-21

492	C B B* E	I	05 Jan 2011 13:30	08 Feb 2011 11:16	Tarfaya (MA)	Port St. Charles (BB)	33d 21h 46m	2752	3.38	0y 0d
474	C	I	12 Jan 2010 00:00	10 Mar 2010 19:57	Agadir (MA)	Port St. Charles (BB)	57d 19h 57m	2606	1.88	0y 0d

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