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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1866	429	2295	2161	733
1	United Kingdom	1099	252	1351	1288	367
2	United States	148	42	190	160	77
3	France	130	19	149	147	69
4	Ireland	71	10	81	66	32
5	Australia	42	12	54	40	21
6	Netherlands	31	18	49	61	11
7	South Africa	33	4	37	33	13
8	Canada	24	12	36	26	19
9	Switzerland	23	10	33	37	1
10	New Zealand	24	5	29	32	9
11	Germany	20	8	28	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	8	6
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	5	4
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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Matt

Knight

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Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
738	I	R	05 Jun 2016 01:00	05 Jun 2016 01:00	Monterey, California (US)	Monterey, California (US)	0d 0h 0m	209	0

Wayne

Dueck

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515

05 Dec 2011 00:00

18 Dec 2011 00:00

13d 0h 0m

Ian

Mc Keever

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388

04 Jan 2009 06:00

15 Jan 2009 08:00

11d 2h 0m

Davey

du Plessis Davey du Plessis

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725

I
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08 Jan 2016 00:01

09 Jan 2016 00:01

1d 0h 0m

Peter

Bray

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237	I	I	30 Jun 2004 15:17	07 Aug 2004 15:17	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	38d 0h 0m	0	0
125	I K	I	01 Jan 2000 00:00	01 Jan 2000 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	0d 0h 0m	0	0
140	C K	I	22 Jun 2001 00:01	03 Sep 2001 00:01	St. John’s (CA)	County Mayo (IE)	73d 0h 0m	1654	0.94
435	I	I	08 Jul 2009 00:00	19 Aug 2009 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	42d 0h 0m	1180	1.17

Olivier

Ducap

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655

18 Oct 2014 00:00

27 Dec 2014 00:00

70d 0h 0m

Fraser

Sinclair

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576

07 Feb 2013 12:30

13 Feb 2013 12:30

6d 0h 0m

Oliver

Dudley

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436	I	I	01 Aug 2009 00:00	11 Aug 2009 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	10d 0h 0m	0	0
433	Rs	I	03 Jul 2009 00:00	06 Jul 2009 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	3d 0h 0m	0	0
370	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

Alexander

Sinelnik

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247

22 Apr 2005 00:00

16 May 2005 00:00

24d 0h 0m

Related: Sergey Sinelnik (brother);

Sergey

Sinelnik

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247	I	I	22 Apr 2005 00:00	16 May 2005 00:00	Carnarvon (AU)	Carnarvon (AU)	24d 0h 0m	0	0
383	I	I	16 Jun 2008 00:00	18 Jun 2008 00:00	Carnarvon (AU)	Carnarvon (AU)	2d 0h 0m	86	1.79

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Malcolm

Skelton

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775

11 Apr 2017 00:00

21 Apr 2017 00:00

10d 0h 0m

Kevin

Doyle

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670

24 Nov 2014 21:59

09 Dec 2014 02:29

14d 4h 30m

Ken

Maynard

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385	I	I	12 Dec 2008 00:00	06 Jan 2009 04:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	25d 4h 0m	0	0
529	C	I	14 Dec 2011 00:00	17 Feb 2012 03:03	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	65d 3h 3m	2604	1.67

Jacob

Mattock

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1292

01 Jun 2025 08:00

Viktor

Matteson

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511

05 Dec 2011 00:00

30 Dec 2011 00:00

25d 0h 0m

Mike

Matson

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841	I	R	07 Jun 2018 01:00	12 Jun 2018 01:00	Monterey, California (US)	Monterey, California (US)	5d 0h 0m	0	0
766	C	R	14 Dec 2016 11:55	02 Feb 2017 01:59	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	49d 14h 4m	2549	2.14
1132	C	I	11 Jan 2023 17:24	17 Jan 2023 17:10	Arctowski Station, King George Island (AQ)	Orcadas Base, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands (AQ)	5d 23h 46m	407	2.85

Matthew

Mason

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1292	P	I	01 Jun 2025 08:00		Carnarvon (AU)
1161	C	I	07 Jul 2023 11:48	22 Jul 2023 17:20	Tromso (NO)	Longyearbyen (NO)	15d 5h 32m	518	1.42
999	C	I	31 May 2021 19:00	11 Aug 2021 14:10	Brooklyn Bridge, New York (US)	Tower Bridge (UK)	71d 19h 10m	3009	1.75
1221	C	I	20 Jun 2024 04:45	06 Aug 2024 01:46	Presido Yacht Club, San Francisco Bay (US)	Waikiki (US)	46d 21h 1m	2079	1.85
621	C	I	10 Feb 2014 21:56	15 Mar 2014 20:27	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	32d 22h 31m	2596	3.29

Alex

Mason

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941	I	I	05 Jan 2020 11:00	20 Jan 2020 11:00	Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES)	Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES)	15d 0h 0m	0	0
944	C	I	27 Jan 2020 14:30	05 Mar 2020 11:48	Mindelo (CV)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	37d 21h 18m	2115	2.33

Charlie

Martell

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892	I	I	23 May 2019 06:00	28 May 2019 06:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	5d 0h 0m	0	0
561	I	I	04 May 2012 00:00	08 Jun 2012 00:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	35d 0h 0m	0	0
298	C	R	10 Jun 2006 00:00	02 Sep 2006 23:59	Jersey City (US)	Mavagissey (UK)	84d 23h 59m	2863	1.4

Matthew

Boreham

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119	I	I	22 Jul 1999 00:00	22 Jul 1999 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	0d 0h 0m	5	0
79	I	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	13 Nov 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Los Gigantes (ES)	32d 0h 0m	729	0.95
227	C	R	20 Jan 2004 00:00	12 Apr 2004 18:27	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	83d 18h 27m	2606	1.3
111	I	I	17 Aug 1998 00:00	26 Aug 1998 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	9d 0h 0m	240	1.11

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Claire

Shouksmith

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587

01 Jun 2013 07:16

06 Jun 2013 07:16

5d 0h 0m

Tony

Sheridan

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757

14 Dec 2016 00:00

16 Dec 2016 00:00

2d 0h 0m

Ted

Manning

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347

02 Dec 2007 00:00

13 Dec 2007 00:00

11d 0h 0m

Semen

Deyak

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681	I	I	03 Mar 2015 00:00	03 Mar 2015 01:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	0d 1h 0m	0	0
680	I	I	01 Mar 2015 10:00	02 Mar 2015 18:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	1d 8h 0m	0	0

Weston

Miller

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338

16 Jun 2007 00:00

17 Jun 2007 00:00

1d 0h 0m

Scott

Brown

1290	P	I	01 Jun 2025 08:00		Tower Bridge (UK)
1257	C U	R	11 Dec 2024 08:30	21 Jan 2025 22:33	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	41d 14h 3m	2549	2.55

Liz

Dennett

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941

05 Jan 2020 11:00

20 Jan 2020 11:00

15d 0h 0m

James

Dennistoun

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515	I	R	05 Dec 2011 00:00	18 Dec 2011 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	13d 0h 0m	0	0
461	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	30 Mar 2010 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	85d 0h 0m	2554	1.25

Simon

Brown

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531

02 Jan 2012 00:00

30 Jan 2012 00:00

28d 0h 0m

Andrew

Merry

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1233

07 Dec 2024 12:00

11 Dec 2024 20:00

4d 8h 0m

Frederic

Devilliers

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557

29 Jan 2012 10:00

0d 0h 0m

Barbara

Schwarzmann Barbara Schwarzmann

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488

25 Dec 2010 00:00

29 Dec 2010 00:00

4d 0h 0m

Aldo

Diana

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385	I	I	12 Dec 2008 00:00	06 Jan 2009 04:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	25d 4h 0m	0	0
529	C	I	14 Dec 2011 00:00	17 Feb 2012 03:03	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	65d 3h 3m	2604	1.67

Andrew

McAuley

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328

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11 Jan 2007 00:01

09 Feb 2007 00:01

29d 0h 0m

Jane

McIntosh

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727	I	I	26 Jan 2016 12:00	14 Feb 2016 12:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	19d 0h 0m	0	0
600	I	R	04 Dec 2013 13:00	04 Dec 2013 13:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	0d 0h 0m	0	0

Jacques

Djeddi

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309

19 Nov 2006 00:00

0d 0h 0m

Scott

Donaldson

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568	I K	I	01 Jan 2013 00:01	03 Jan 2013 00:01	Coffs Harbour (AU)	Coffs Harbour (AU)	2d 0h 0m	0	0
623	I K	I	10 Apr 2014 00:01	11 Jul 2014 00:01	Coffs Harbour (AU)	New Plymouth (NZ)	92d 0h 0m	1155	0.52
832	C K	I	16 May 2018 00:01	02 Jul 2018 00:01	Lord Howe Island (AU)	New Plymouth (NZ)	47d 0h 0m	862	0.76
832	C K	I	02 May 2018 00:01	11 May 2018 00:01	Coffs Harbour (AU)	Lord Howe Island (AU)	9d 0h 0m	313	1.45

Daniel

Serenelli

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244	I	I	03 Dec 2004 00:00	15 Dec 2004 00:00	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	12d 0h 0m	0	0
241	I	I	02 Nov 2004 00:00	04 Nov 2004 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	2d 0h 0m	0	0

Colin

Briggs

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347	I	R	02 Dec 2007 00:00	13 Dec 2007 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	11d 0h 0m	0	0
278	I	R	30 Nov 2005 00:00	18 Jan 2006 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	49d 0h 0m	0	0

Rémy

Bricka

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947	I K	I	24 Apr 2020 00:00	25 Sep 2020 00:00	Newport Beach (US)	Sydney (AU)	154d 0h 0m	0	0
52	C K	I	02 Apr 1988 00:00	31 May 1988 00:00	Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)	Trinidad (VE)	59d 0h 0m	2512	1.77

Callum

McDonald

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534	I K	I	25 Jan 2012 14:00	27 Jan 2012 07:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	1d 17h 0m	0	0
777	I	I	26 May 2017 00:00	30 May 2017 00:00	Whitehaven Harbour (UK)	Whitehaven Harbour (UK)	4d 0h 0m	0	0
942	I	I	21 Jan 2020 12:00	24 Jan 2020 20:00	Lagos (PT)	Miami (US)	3d 8h 0m	60	0.75

Jim

Shekhdar

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216	I	I	04 Nov 2003 00:00	18 Nov 2003 00:00	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	14d 0h 0m	0	0
129	C	I	29 Jun 2000 00:00	29 Mar 2001 13:12	Ilo (PE)	N Sradbroke (AU)	273d 13h 12m	7038	1.07
106	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
197	I	I	16 Oct 2003 00:00	16 Oct 2003 18:20	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	0d 18h 20m	43	2.39

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Ole

Elmer

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576	I	I	07 Feb 2013 12:30	13 Feb 2013 12:30	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	6d 0h 0m	0	0
512	I	R	05 Dec 2011 00:00	08 Dec 2011 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	3d 0h 0m	0	0
459	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	11 Apr 2010 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	97d 0h 0m	2554	1.1
494	C	I	02 Feb 2011 00:00	05 Apr 2011 05:42	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	62d 5h 42m	2606	1.75

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
486	C T NP	I	10 Jul 2010 00:01	11 Aug 2010 00:01	Baffin Island (GL)	Nunavut (CA)	32d 0h 0m	401	0.52
486	C T NP	I	23 Aug 2010 00:01	07 Sep 2010 00:01	Nunavut (CA)	Victoria Island (CA)	15d 0h 0m	385	1.07
402	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

Patrick

Deixonne

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316	I	R	19 Nov 2006 00:00	19 Nov 2006 00:00	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Louis (SN)	0d 0h 0m	0	0
318	Rs	R	21 Nov 2006 00:00	25 Nov 2006 00:00	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Louis (SN)	4d 0h 0m	0	0
398	C M	R	08 Mar 2009 00:00	23 Apr 2009 12:23	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Laurent (GF)	46d 12h 23m	2297	2.06

Jean

Lukes

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70	Rs	I	24 Jun 1995 00:00	27 Jun 1995 00:00	Cape Cod (US)	Cape Cod (US)	3d 0h 0m	0	0
65	I	I	31 Jul 1994 00:00	08 Aug 1994 00:00	Chatham (US)	Chatham (US)	8d 0h 0m	117	0.61
71	I	I	03 Jul 1995 00:00	06 Jul 1995 00:00	Cape Cod (US)	Cape Cod (US)	3d 0h 0m	47	0.65
236	I	I	26 Jun 2004 00:00	11 Jul 2004 00:00	Chatham (US)	Chatham (US)	15d 0h 0m	433	1.2
139	I	I	21 Jun 2001 00:00	30 Jun 2001 00:00	Chatham (US)	Chatham (US)	9d 0h 0m	335	1.55

Neil

Blackeby

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607	I	R	04 Dec 2013 13:00	04 Dec 2013 13:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	0d 0h 0m	1	0
1065	U I	I	28 May 2022 14:00	19 Aug 2022 05:30	Fort Lauderdale (US)	Tórshavn (FO)	82d 15h 30m	2765	1.39
713	C	R	20 Dec 2015 09:00	24 Feb 2016 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	65d 15h 0m	2549	1.62
1158	C U	R	12 Jun 2023 14:39	02 Aug 2023 20:23	Monterey, California (US)	Hanalei, Kauai (US)	51d 5h 44m	2131	1.73

Niall Iain

Macdonald

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834	I	I	23 May 2018 10:00	15 Jun 2018 10:00	Norfolk (US)	Norfolk (US)	23d 0h 0m	0	0
630	I	I	05 Jun 2014 19:00	13 Jun 2014 19:00	Jersey City (US)	Jersey City (US)	8d 0h 0m	0	0

Mark

Stubbs

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237	I	I	30 Jun 2004 15:17	07 Aug 2004 15:17	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	38d 0h 0m	0	0
182	I	I	11 Jun 2002 00:00	02 Jul 2002 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	21d 0h 0m	904	1.79
102	C	R	12 Oct 1997 12:00	09 Dec 1997 23:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	58d 11h 0m	2550	1.82

Peter

Bird

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73	L I	I	27 Mar 1996 00:00	04 Jun 1996 00:00	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	Presido Yacht Club, San Francisco Bay (US)	69d 0h 0m		0
61	I	I	06 Jun 1992 00:00	25 Jun 1992 00:00	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	19d 0h 0m	0	0
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
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
63	I	I	12 May 1993 00:00	12 Mar 1994 00:00	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	304d 0h 0m	5474	0.75
69	I	I	14 Jun 1995 00:00	15 Jun 1995 00:00	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	1d 0h 0m	26	1.08
67	Rs	I	12 Jun 1995 00:00	13 Jun 1995 00:00	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	1d 0h 0m	26	1.08
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

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