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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1682	337	2019	1911	675
1	United Kingdom	980	193	1173	1118	340
2	United States	134	34	168	147	69
3	France	127	19	146	143	69
4	Ireland	59	9	68	54	31
5	Australia	37	10	47	37	17
6	Netherlands	26	13	39	51	10
7	South Africa	32	3	35	32	10
8	Switzerland	23	8	31	32	2
9	Canada	23	7	30	22	18
10	New Zealand	23	4	27	29	9
11	Denmark	18	6	24	31	4
12	Norway	16	6	22	22	2
13	Germany	13	8	21	16	7
14	Belgium	20	0	20	14	7
15	Spain	18	1	19	16	4
16	Antigua And Barbuda	11	5	16	19	0
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	8	5
21	Hungary	5	1	6	6	3
22	Romania	5	0	5	4	1
23	Iceland	5	0	5	7	4
24	Poland	5	0	5	6	1
25	Brazil	4	1	5	2	1
26	Finland	4	0	4	3	1
27	Austria	2	2	4	5	1
28	Faroe Islands	4	0	4	3	3
29	Italy	3	0	3	3	2
30	Portugal	3	0	3	2	3
31	Ukraine	3	0	3	4	2
32	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	2	1
33	Egypt	2	0	2	0	2
34	Croatia	2	0	2	2	2
35	Bulgaria	2	0	2	3	0
36	Japan	2	0	2	2	1
37	French Guiana	2	0	2	3	0
38	Latvia	2	0	2	4	1
39	Bahrain	2	0	2	0	2
40	India	2	0	2	2	2
41	Malta	2	0	2	2	0
42	Gibraltar	2	0	2	0	3
43	Lithuania	2	0	2	2	2
44	Barbados	2	0	2	3	0
45	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	1	1
46	Turkey	1	0	1	6	5
47	Greece	1	0	1	1	0
48	Serbia	1	0	1	1	0
49	Uruguay	0	1	1	1	0
50	Argentina	1	0	1	0	2
51	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	1
52	Guatemala	1	0	1	1	0
53	Georgia	1	0	1	1	0
54	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	0	4
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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Ian

Blandin

1962-01-13

Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
93	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	08 Dec 1997 12:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	57d 12h 0m	2550	1.85	35y 272d

Matthew

Boreham

1968-10-14

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	28y 363d
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	29y 307d
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	30y 281d
222	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	35y 98d

Related: Edward Boreham (brother);

Richard

Duckworth

1969-03-19

12 Oct 1997 00:00

04 Jan 1998 00:00

84d 0h 0m

28y 207d

Jock

Wishart

1956-02-06

87	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	14 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	63d 0h 0m	2550	1.69	41y 248d
505	Ic	I	28 Jul 2011 00:00	06 Sep 2011 00:00	Nunavut (CA)	Magnetic North Pole '96 (CA)	40d 0h 0m	202	0.21	55y 172d

Jan

Female

1944-12-14

12 Oct 1997 00:00

21 Jan 1998 00:00

101d 0h 0m

52y 302d

Related: Daniel Byles (son);

Phil

Stubbs

1961-03-16

12 Oct 1997 00:00

22 Nov 1997 02:55

41d 2h 55m

36y 210d

Rob

Cassin

1959-12-29

12 Oct 1997 00:00

08 Dec 1997 12:00

57d 12h 0m

37y 287d

Peter

Kavanagh

1946-03-21

12 Oct 1997 00:00

09 Dec 1997 04:00

58d 4h 0m

51y 205d

Related: Eamonn Kavanagh (brother);

Nigel

Garbett

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

13 Oct 1997 00:00

1d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Peter

Lowe

12 Oct 1997 00:00

12 Dec 1997 03:00

61d 3h 0m

26y 19188d

Isabel (Duckworth)

Fraser

1975-08-23

12 Oct 1997 00:00

04 Jan 1998 00:00

84d 0h 0m

22y 50d

Mark

Mortimer

1967-04-03

97	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	25 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	74d 0h 0m	2550	1.44	30y 192d
230	I	R	20 Jan 2004 00:00	22 Feb 2004 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	33d 0h 0m	634	0.8	36y 292d

Eamonn

Kavanagh

1954-02-14

12 Oct 1997 00:00

09 Dec 1997 04:00

58d 4h 0m

43y 240d

Related: Peter Kavanagh (brother);

Mark

Stubbs

1964-03-03

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	33y 223d
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	38y 100d
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	40y 119d

Steve

Issacs

1965-02-27

102

12 Oct 1997 12:00

09 Dec 1997 23:00

58d 11h 0m

32y 227d

John

Searson

1962-02-02

101

12 Oct 1997 12:00

11 Dec 1997 05:00

59d 17h 0m

35y 252d

Carl

Clinton

0000-01-01

101

12 Oct 1997 12:00

11 Dec 1997 05:00

59d 17h 0m

0y 0d

Roger

Gould

1955-04-20

103	C	R	12 Oct 1997 14:00	17 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	65d 10h 0m	2550	1.62	42y 175d
493	C	I	31 Jan 2011 00:00	14 Mar 2011 17:54	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	42d 17h 54m	2601	2.54	55y 286d

Charles

Street

1952-02-20

103

12 Oct 1997 14:00

17 Dec 1997 00:00

65d 10h 0m

45y 234d

Jim

Shekhdar

1946-11-13

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
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
197	I	I	16 Oct 2003 00:00	16 Oct 2003 18:20	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	0d 18h 20m	43	2.39	56y 337d
216	I	I	04 Nov 2003 00:00	18 Nov 2003 00:00	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	14d 0h 0m	0	0	56y 356d

Links: wiki;

Arvid

Benston

0001-01-01

104

12 Oct 1997 18:00

20 Dec 1997 00:00

68d 6h 0m

0y 0d

Louis

Hunkin

106

12 Oct 1997 18:00

17 Dec 1997 00:00

65d 6h 0m

26y 19187d

Michael

Elliot

0001-01-01

106

12 Oct 1997 18:00

17 Dec 1997 00:00

65d 6h 0m

0y 0d

Stein

Hoff

1945-08-29

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
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
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	70y 260d

Dave

Jackson

1969-07-11

105

12 Oct 1997 18:00

20 Dec 1997 00:00

68d 6h 0m

28y 93d

John

Walker

0001-01-01

108

I
K

23 Nov 1997 00:01

26 Nov 1997 00:01

3d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Casey

Dunn

0001-01-01

108

I
K

23 Nov 1997 00:01

26 Nov 1997 00:01

3d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Peggy

Bouchet

1973-06-06

109	I	I	10 Mar 1998 00:00	28 May 1998 00:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	79d 0h 0m	2606	1.37	24y 277d
122	C	I	18 Nov 1999 00:00	04 Jan 2000 20:00	Cape Verde (CV)	Martinique (MQ)	47d 20h 0m	2036	1.77	26y 165d

Richard

Jones

1943-07-07

112	I	I	24 Sep 1998 00:00	27 Sep 1998 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Los Gigantes (ES)	3d 0h 0m	0	0	55y 79d
133	C	I	10 Oct 2000 00:00	20 Feb 2001 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Ragged Island (BS)	133d 0h 0m	3193	1	57y 95d

Roy

Finlay

0001-01-01

114	I	I	01 Nov 1998 00:00	17 Nov 1998 00:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	16d 0h 0m	0	0	0y 0d
131	I	I	28 Jul 2000 00:00	23 Aug 2000 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	26d 0h 0m	217	0.35	0y 0d
370	C W	I	15 Dec 2007 00:00	20 Jan 2008 01:09	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	36d 1h 9m	2601	3.01	0y 0d
595	I	I	12 Nov 2013 00:00	15 Nov 2013 00:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	3d 0h 0m	0	0	0y 0d
758	I	I	14 Dec 2016 00:00	16 Dec 2016 00:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	2d 0h 0m	0	0	0y 0d

Arnaud

Guiot

0000-01-01

115

06 Dec 1998 00:00

13 Dec 1998 00:00

7d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Elisabeth

Hoff

0000-01-01

116

07 Feb 1999 00:00

17 Feb 1999 00:00

10d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Diana

Hoff

1944-05-01

121

13 Sep 1999 00:00

04 Jan 2000 00:00

113d 0h 0m

55y 135d

Patrick

Lihurt

1955-11-04

123

09 Dec 1999 00:00

14 Feb 2000 15:00

67d 15h 0m

44y 35d

Emmanuel

Coindre

1972-11-11

124	C K	I	12 Dec 1999 00:01	20 Mar 2000 05:16	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	99d 5h 15m	2596	1.09	27y 31d
135	C	I	15 Apr 2001 00:00	11 Jun 2001 04:30	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Guadeloupe (GP)	57d 4h 30m	2625	1.91	28y 155d
183	C	I	29 Jul 2002 00:00	24 Oct 2002 13:59	Chatham (US)	I. d'Ouessant (FR)	87d 13h 59m	2697	1.28	29y 260d
196	I	I	26 Jul 2003 00:00	27 Jul 2003 23:41	Chatham (US)	Chatham (US)	1d 23h 41m	59	1.26	30y 257d
218	C	I	04 Jan 2004 00:00	05 Jan 2004 12:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	El Hierro (ES)	1d 12h 0m	46	1.28	31y 54d
218	C	I	07 Jan 2004 10:06	19 Feb 2004 00:38	Restinga Del Hierro (ES)	Guadeloupe (GP)	42d 14h 32m	2507	2.45	31y 57d
238	C	I	09 Jul 2004 16:36	10 Sep 2004 12:24	Chatham (US)	I. d'Ouessant (FR)	62d 19h 48m	2697	1.79	31y 241d
253	C	I	24 Jun 2005 00:00	31 Oct 2005 17:22	Choshi (JP)	Coos Bay (US)	129d 17h 22m	5203	1.67	32y 225d
303	I	R	19 Nov 2006 00:00	05 Dec 2006 00:00	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Louis (SN)	16d 0h 0m	0	0	34y 8d
598	C	I	30 Nov 2013 00:00	25 Jan 2014 07:29	Carnarvon (AU)	Reunion (RE)	56d 7h 29m	3182	2.36	41y 19d
890	C	I	17 Apr 2019 08:00	14 Jun 2019 08:30	Dakar (SN)	Dégrad des Cannes (GF)	58d 0h 30m	2142	1.54	46y 157d

Peter

Bray

0001-01-01

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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d

Dominic

Pichon

0001-01-01

126

23 Jan 2000 00:00

09 Feb 2000 00:00

17d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Chris

Tipper

0001-01-01

128	K Ci Ic	I	30 May 2000 00:01	20 Jun 2000 00:01	Tarawa (KI)	Auki (SB)	21d 0h 0m	928	1.84	0y 0d
128	K Ci Ic	I	22 Jun 2000 00:00	23 Jun 2000 00:00	Auki (SB)	Tulagi (SB)	1d 0h 0m	94	3.92	0y 0d

April

Abril

0001-01-01

130

C
K
Ci

18 Jul 2000 00:01

16 Aug 2000 00:01

29d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Colleen

Cronin

0001-01-01

131

28 Jul 2000 00:00

23 Aug 2000 00:00

26d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Vyatcheslav

Kavtchenko Vyatcheslav Kavtchenko

0001-01-01

134

31 Mar 2001 00:00

08 Apr 2001 00:00

8d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Dom

Mee

0001-01-01

136	I	I	05 May 2001 00:00	17 Sep 2001 00:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	135d 0h 0m	4792	1.48	0y 0d
329	C	I	14 Jan 2007 00:00	20 Feb 2007 08:03	Porto Tazacorte (ES)	Barbados (BB)	37d 8h 3m	2493	2.78	0y 0d

Nenad

Belic

0001-01-01

137

L
I

11 May 2001 00:00

30 Sep 2001 00:00

142d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Ikuo

Tateo

138	C W K	I	16 Jun 2001 00:01	12 Aug 2001 18:30	Newport Beach (US)	Waikiki (US)	57d 18h 29m	2236	1.61	22y 16384d
232	I W K	I	15 Apr 2004 00:01	03 May 2004 00:01	Hirono (JP)	Hirono (JP)	18d 0h 0m	0	0	20y 14620d

Denis

Bribosia

1965-12-01

157

07 Oct 2001 00:00

18 Dec 2001 04:08

72d 4h 8m

35y 310d

Ian

Anderson

1954-10-19

169

07 Oct 2001 00:00

26 Nov 2001 15:12

50d 15h 12m

46y 353d

Andrew

Veal

0001-01-01

147

07 Oct 2001 00:00

26 Jan 2002 05:38

111d 5h 38m

0y 0d

Related: Debra Veal (wife);

Serge

Van Cleve

1956-07-25

175

07 Oct 2001 00:00

01 Dec 2001 13:33

55d 13h 33m

45y 74d

Andrew

Chapple

1962-05-23

169

07 Oct 2001 00:00

26 Nov 2001 15:12

50d 15h 12m

39y 137d

Mick

Dawson

1964-06-12

159	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	16 Dec 2001 09:12	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	70d 9h 12m	2554	1.51	37y 117d
193	I	I	02 Jun 2003 00:00	14 Jun 2003 18:35	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	12d 18h 35m	619	2.02	38y 355d
233	I	I	06 May 2004 00:00	23 Aug 2004 04:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	109d 4h 0m	0	0	39y 329d
287	C	R	06 Dec 2005 00:00	05 Feb 2006 02:50	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	61d 2h 50m	2554	1.74	41y 177d
430	C	I	08 May 2009 00:00	13 Nov 2009 10:39	Choshi (JP)	Golden Gate Bridge (US)	189d 10h 39m	4415	0.97	44y 330d
839	C	R	07 Jun 2018 01:00	28 Aug 2018 14:54	Monterey, California (US)	Waikiki (US)	82d 13h 54m	2084	1.05	53y 360d

Links: wiki; Related: Steve Dawson (brother);

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