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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1881	432	2313	2202	729
1	United Kingdom	1103	253	1356	1305	366
2	United States	156	44	200	175	77
3	France	130	19	149	147	69
4	Ireland	72	10	82	67	32
5	Australia	42	12	54	40	21
6	Netherlands	31	18	49	62	10
7	South Africa	33	4	37	34	13
8	Canada	24	12	36	26	19
9	Switzerland	24	10	34	41	1
10	New Zealand	24	5	29	32	9
11	Germany	21	8	29	21	9
12	Denmark	18	6	24	31	4
13	Belgium	23	1	24	18	7
14	Norway	16	6	22	22	2
15	Spain	18	1	19	16	4
16	Antigua And Barbuda	11	5	16	19	0
17	Sweden	12	3	15	14	7
18	Russia	13	0	13	10	11
19	Guyana	9	0	9	10	3
20	China	3	4	7	9	5
21	Hungary	6	1	7	6	5
22	Ukraine	6	0	6	6	5
23	Brazil	5	1	6	3	1
24	Romania	5	0	5	4	1
25	Poland	5	0	5	6	1
26	Iceland	5	0	5	7	4
27	Jersey	0	4	4	4	0
28	Faroe Islands	4	0	4	3	3
29	Italy	4	0	4	3	2
30	Finland	4	0	4	3	1
31	Austria	2	2	4	5	1
32	Bulgaria	3	0	3	6	3
33	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	2	1
34	Lithuania	3	0	3	2	3
35	Zimbabwe	3	0	3	2	1
36	Portugal	3	0	3	2	3
37	Malta	2	0	2	2	0
38	Gibraltar	2	0	2	0	3
39	Estonia	2	0	2	2	0
40	Bahrain	2	0	2	0	2
41	Serbia	1	1	2	2	0
42	Japan	2	0	2	2	1
43	Barbados	2	0	2	3	0
44	Egypt	2	0	2	0	2
45	Latvia	2	0	2	4	1
46	Croatia	2	0	2	2	2
47	French Guiana	2	0	2	3	0
48	India	2	0	2	2	2
49	Slovenia	1	1	2	1	0
50	Oman	1	0	1	1	0
51	Georgia	1	0	1	1	0
52	Costa Rica	1	0	1	1	0
53	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	1
54	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	0	4
55	Greece	1	0	1	1	0
56	Turkey	1	0	1	6	5
57	Uruguay	0	1	1	1	0
58	Mexico	1	0	1	1	0
59	Argentina	1	0	1	0	2
60	Lebanon	1	0	1	1	0
61	Guatemala	1	0	1	1	0
62	Korea	1	0	1	1	0
63	Botswana	1	0	1	1	0

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John

Peck

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Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
224	C	R	20 Jan 2004 00:00	27 Mar 2004 14:01	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	67d 14h 1m	2606	1.61

Stein

Hoff

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734	I	I	15 May 2016 00:00	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Battery Park, New York (US)	Battery Park, New York (US)	83d 6h 0m	0	0
184	C M	I	10 Aug 2002 00:00	14 Nov 2002 12:45	Belem (PT)	Georgetown (GY)	96d 12h 45m	3279	1.42
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

Tony

Day

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145

07 Oct 2001 00:00

30 Dec 2001 18:56

84d 18h 56m

Patrick

Gollnisch

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C
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25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

Jan

Female

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12 Oct 1997 00:00

21 Jan 1998 00:00

101d 0h 0m

Related: Daniel Byles (son);

Ray

Jardine

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186

07 Nov 2002 00:00

30 Dec 2002 10:46

53d 10h 46m

Related: Jenny Jardine (wife);

Brian

Deatrick

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1301

01 Jul 2025 08:00

Diana

Hoff

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120

13 Sep 1999 00:00

04 Jan 2000 00:00

113d 0h 0m

Jean

Juras

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C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

Tony

Short

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519

05 Dec 2011 00:00

22 Jan 2012 08:03

48d 8h 3m

Richard

Jones

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133	C	I	10 Oct 2000 00:00	20 Feb 2001 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Ragged Island (BS)	133d 0h 0m	3193	1
112	I	I	24 Sep 1998 00:00	27 Sep 1998 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Los Gigantes (ES)	3d 0h 0m	0	0

Tom

Butscher

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492

15 Jan 2011 00:00

03 Mar 2011 18:00

47d 18h 0m

Tom

McClean

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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
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

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Jaques

Busson

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C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

Peter

Smith

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715

20 Dec 2015 09:00

10 Feb 2016 18:09

52d 9h 9m

Chay

Blyth

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C
H

04 Jun 1966 00:00

03 Sep 1966 00:00

91d 0h 0m

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Pavel

Rezvoy

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257	C	I	13 Sep 2005 00:00	09 Nov 2005 04:50	Cocos (AU)	Mahe (SC)	57d 4h 50m	2494	1.82
231	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
231	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

Related: Theodore Rezvoy (son), Dmytro Rezvoy (son);

Eugene

Smurgis

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64	L I	I	29 Sep 1993 00:00	20 Nov 1993 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Mazagon (ES)	52d 0h 0m		0
62	C NP co	I	04 Jun 1993 00:00	31 Aug 1993 00:00	Murmansk (RU)	London (UK)	88d 0h 0m	1402	0.66
62	C NP co	I	18 Aug 1992 00:00	30 Sep 1992 00:00	Dikson (Russian Federation)	Murmansk (RU)	43d 0h 0m	928	0.9
56	C NP co	I	15 Sep 1990 00:00	24 Sep 1990 00:00	Bukhta Neozhidannostey (RU)	Dikson (Russian Federation)	9d 0h 0m	155	0.72
56	C NP co	I	07 Sep 1990 00:00	14 Sep 1990 00:00	Pravdy Severa (RU)	Bukhta Neozhidannostey (RU)	7d 0h 0m	35	0.21
56	C NP co	I	27 Aug 1990 00:00	06 Sep 1990 00:00	Cape Chelyuskin (RU)	Pravdy Severa (RU)	10d 0h 0m	241	1
56	C NP co	I	20 Aug 1990 00:00	26 Aug 1990 00:00	Khatanga (Russian Federation)	Cape Chelyuskin (RU)	6d 0h 0m	347	2.41
55	C NP co	I	24 Jun 1988 00:00	08 Aug 1988 00:00	Tiksi (Russian Federation)	Khatanga (Russian Federation)	45d 0h 0m	492	0.46

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

John

Ridgway

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C
H

04 Jun 1966 00:00

03 Sep 1966 00:00

91d 0h 0m

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John

Fairfax

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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
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
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
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
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
19	H Rs	I	20 Apr 1971 00:00	20 Apr 1971 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	0d 0h 0m	0	0
18	H Rs	I	15 Apr 1971 00:00	15 Apr 1971 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	0d 0h 0m	0	0
17	H Rs	I	10 Apr 1971 00:00	10 Apr 1971 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	0d 0h 0m	0	0
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

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Don

Allum

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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
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
25	H I	I	05 Jun 1972 00:00	20 Aug 1972 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	76d 0h 0m	0	0
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

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

Anders

Svedlund

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28	C H	I	27 Feb 1974 00:00	06 Sep 1974 00:00	Huasco (CL)	Papeete (WS)	191d 0h 0m	5615	1.22
20	C H	I	21 Apr 1971 00:00	24 Jun 1971 00:00	Kalbarri (AU)	Antisiranana (MG)	64d 0h 0m	3747	2.44
15	H I	I	15 Sep 1970 00:00	18 Sep 1970 00:00	Perth (AU)	Perth (AU)	3d 0h 0m	112	1.56
10	I	I	17 Mar 1969 00:00	22 Mar 1969 00:00	Auckland (NZ)	Auckland (NZ)	5d 0h 0m	0	0

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Hannes

Lindermann Hannes Lindermann

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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
4	C W K	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

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Sidney

Genders

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13	C H W ms	I	08 Mar 1970 08:00	02 Apr 1970 08:00	English Harbour (AG)	Miami (US)	25d 0h 0m	1155	1.93
13	C H W ms	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
13	C H W ms	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
12	H I	I	28 May 1969 00:00	15 Jun 1969 00:00	Fort Wrath (UK)	Fort Wrath (UK)	18d 0h 0m	104	0.24

Lewis

Mills

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H
I

17 Mar 1967 12:00

19 Mar 1967 00:00

1d 12h 0m

Andy

Hodgson

1304	P co	I	20 Jul 2025 08:00		Tower Bridge (UK)
1140	C	I	20 Feb 2023 19:45	08 Apr 2023 17:23	Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	46d 21h 38m	2607	2.32
833	C sd T co	I	13 May 2018 12:15	04 Nov 2018 11:06	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	174d 22h 51m	1483	0.35
781	I co	I	02 Jul 2017 09:30	21 Sep 2017 09:30	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	81d 0h 0m	480	0.25

Franz

Romer

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3	H L I W K	I	11 Sep 1928 00:01	15 Sep 1928 00:01	San Juan (PR)	Battery Park, New York (US)	4d 0h 0m		0
2	C H W K ms	I	15 Aug 1928 00:01	01 Sep 1928 00:01	St. Thomas (VG)	San Juan (PR)	17d 0h 0m	68	0.17
2	C H W K 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
2	C H W K 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

Frank

Samuelsen

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C
H
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06 Jun 1896 22:00

01 Aug 1896 11:00

55d 13h 0m

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T.B.A.

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627

I
K

30 May 2014 00:01

11 Jun 2014 00:01

12d 0h 0m

Reinhardt

Von Hof

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371

C
B
D

15 Dec 2007 00:00

17 Jan 2008 07:30

33d 7h 30m

Robert

Cross

1256

C
U

11 Dec 2024 08:26

21 Jan 2025 03:06

40d 18h 40m

Stu

Turnbull

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325

20 Dec 2006 00:00

21 Feb 2007 12:46

63d 12h 46m

Graham

Carlin

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490

C
B*
B
E

05 Jan 2011 13:30

08 Feb 2011 11:16

33d 21h 46m

Tom

Rendell

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329

14 Jan 2007 00:00

20 Feb 2007 08:03

37d 8h 3m

Taylor

Charlie

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371

C
B
D

15 Dec 2007 00:00

17 Jan 2008 07:30

33d 7h 30m

Adam

Burke

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490

C
B*
B
E

05 Jan 2011 13:30

08 Feb 2011 11:16

33d 21h 46m

Don

Lennox

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678	C	I	20 Jan 2015 23:30	05 Mar 2015 12:25	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	43d 12h 55m	2596	2.49
484	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
482	Rs	I	12 Jun 2010 00:00	12 Jun 2010 08:00	Jersey City (US)	Jersey City (US)	0d 8h 0m	0	0
479	Rs	I	30 May 2010 00:00	02 Jun 2010 00:00	Jersey City (US)	Jersey City (US)	3d 0h 0m	0	0
389	I	I	04 Jan 2009 06:00	15 Jan 2009 08:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	11d 2h 0m	0	0
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

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Matt

Craughwell Matt Craughwell

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531	I	I	02 Jan 2012 00:00	30 Jan 2012 00:00	Tarfaya (MA)	Tarfaya (MA)	28d 0h 0m	0	0
490	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
473	C	I	12 Jan 2010 00:00	10 Mar 2010 19:57	Agadir (MA)	Port St. Charles (BB)	57d 19h 57m	2606	1.88
471	Rs	I	08 Jan 2010 00:00	09 Jan 2010 00:00	Agadir (MA)	Agadir (MA)	1d 0h 0m	0	0
470	Rs	I	07 Jan 2010 00:00	08 Jan 2010 00:00	Agadir (MA)	Agadir (MA)	1d 0h 0m	0	0
389	I	I	04 Jan 2009 06:00	15 Jan 2009 08:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	11d 2h 0m	0	0

Thomas

Cremona

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490

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05 Jan 2011 13:30

08 Feb 2011 11:16

33d 21h 46m

Oliver

Dudley

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436	I co	I	01 Aug 2009 00:00	11 Aug 2009 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	10d 0h 0m	0	0
433	Rs co	I	03 Jul 2009 00:00	06 Jul 2009 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	3d 0h 0m	0	0
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

Andreu

Mateu

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322

02 Dec 2006 00:00

06 Mar 2007 22:20

94d 22h 20m

Nicolas

Jarossay

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732

I
K

10 Apr 2016 00:01

0d 0h 0m

Brad

Vickers

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298

10 Jun 2006 00:00

20 Aug 2006 03:22

71d 3h 22m

Tim

Spiteri

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738	C	R	05 Jun 2016 01:00	23 Jul 2016 03:40	Monterey, California (US)	Waikiki (US)	48d 2h 40m	2084	1.81
641	C E	I	11 Jun 2014 04:00	07 Aug 2014 14:58	Geraldton (AU)	Mahe (SC)	57d 10h 58m	3652	2.65
573	C	I	17 Jan 2013 19:10	22 Feb 2013 07:59	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	35d 12h 49m	2601	3.05

Laurence

Grand Clement Laurence Grand Clement

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560	C	I	19 Apr 2012 10:00	13 Jul 2012 12:05	Geraldton (AU)	Mauritius (MU)	85d 2h 5m	3136	1.54
466	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	09 Mar 2010 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	64d 0h 0m	2554	1.66

Ian

Couch

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459	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	11 Feb 2010 11:07	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	38d 11h 7m	2534	2.75
430	C	R	28 Apr 2009 00:00	25 Jun 2009 15:08	Geraldton (AU)	Port Louis (MU)	58d 15h 8m	3135	2.23
372	C	I	23 Dec 2007 00:00	29 Jan 2008 05:50	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	37d 5h 50m	2554	2.86
367	I	I	05 Dec 2007 00:00	06 Dec 2007 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	El Hierro (ES)	1d 0h 0m	46	1.92

Mathieu

Bonnier

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564	I	I	20 Jun 2012 00:00	01 Jul 2012 15:00	Chatham (US)	Chatham (US)	11d 15h 0m	0	0
485	C T NP co	I	23 Aug 2010 00:01	07 Sep 2010 00:01	Nunavut (CA)	Victoria Island (CA)	15d 0h 0m	385	1.07
485	C T NP co	I	10 Jul 2010 00:01	11 Aug 2010 00:01	Baffin Island (GL)	Nunavut (CA)	32d 0h 0m	401	0.52
398	C M	R	08 Mar 2009 00:00	20 Apr 2009 06:19	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Laurent (GF)	43d 6h 19m	2297	2.21

Ian

Allen

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1169	C U	R	13 Dec 2023 08:15	17 Jan 2024 13:45	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	35d 5h 30m	2549	3.02
426	C	R	19 Apr 2009 00:00	26 Jun 2009 19:40	Geraldton (AU)	Port Louis (MU)	68d 19h 40m	3135	1.9

Mat

Steinlin

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1153	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:21	18 Jul 2023 18:10	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	36d 3h 49m	2131	2.46
1040	C U	R	12 Dec 2021 12:13	31 Jan 2022 16:09	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	50d 3h 56m	2549	2.12

Jayme

Linker

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1146	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:00	27 Jul 2023 20:17	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	45d 6h 17m	2131	1.96
1042	C U	R	12 Dec 2021 12:19	02 Feb 2022 07:05	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	51d 18h 46m	2549	2.05

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