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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1402	258	1660	1547	602
1	United Kingdom	823	142	965	913	313
2	France	120	19	139	135	61
3	United States	107	26	133	119	56
4	Ireland	40	6	46	36	27
5	Australia	29	9	38	28	14
6	Netherlands	21	9	30	37	10
7	Canada	22	7	29	21	18
8	South Africa	25	2	27	26	6
9	New Zealand	20	4	24	27	8
10	Belgium	20	0	20	14	7
11	Germany	11	8	19	13	7
12	Norway	13	5	18	18	2
13	Antigua And Barbuda	11	5	16	16	0
14	Denmark	12	2	14	12	2
15	Russia	13	0	13	9	10
16	Spain	12	1	13	11	2
17	Sweden	11	2	13	13	5
18	Switzerland	8	3	11	11	0
19	Guyana	9	0	9	10	3
20	Hungary	5	1	6	6	3
21	China	2	4	6	7	5
22	Romania	5	0	5	4	1
23	Iceland	5	0	5	6	4
24	Faroe Islands	4	0	4	3	1
25	Brazil	3	1	4	2	1
26	Ukraine	3	0	3	4	2
27	Poland	3	0	3	4	1
28	Austria	2	1	3	3	1
29	Croatia	2	0	2	0	4
30	Bulgaria	2	0	2	2	0
31	Latvia	2	0	2	3	0
32	French Guiana	2	0	2	3	0
33	Egypt	2	0	2	0	2
34	United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	1	1
35	Barbados	2	0	2	2	0
36	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	1	1
37	Finland	2	0	2	1	1
38	Malta	2	0	2	2	0
39	Gibraltar	2	0	2	0	3
40	Portugal	2	0	2	1	3
41	Italy	2	0	2	3	1
42	India	2	0	2	2	2
43	Japan	1	0	1	1	1
44	Uruguay	0	1	1	1	0
45	Serbia	1	0	1	1	0
46	Argentina	1	0	1	0	2
47	Slovenia	1	0	1	1	0
48	Mexico	1	0	1	1	0
49	Korea	1	0	1	1	0
50	Lebanon	1	0	1	1	0
51	Turkey	1	0	1	6	4
52	Oman	1	0	1	1	0
53	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	1
54	Georgia	1	0	1	1	0
55	Lithuania	1	0	1	1	2
56	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	0	4
57	Guatemala	1	0	1	1	0
58	Greece	1	0	1	1	0

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Jean-Claude

Coucardon

1950-08-12

Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
56	C B	I	25 Mar 1992 00:00	29 Apr 1992 08:30	Santa-Crus-de-la-Palma (ES)	Martinique (MQ)	35d 8h 30m	2544	3	41y 226d

Frank

Rothwell

1950-07-09

1014	P U	I	31 Jan 2023 00:00		Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)					72y 206d
975	C	R	12 Dec 2020 11:44	06 Feb 2021 15:25	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	56d 3h 41m	2549	1.89	70y 156d

Kerry

Blandin

1950-06-12

159

07 Oct 2001 00:00

08 Dec 2001 05:42

62d 5h 42m

51y 117d

Related: Paul Perchard (nephew);

Dugald

Macdonald

1950-01-20

150

07 Oct 2001 00:00

17 Dec 2001 18:30

71d 18h 30m

51y 260d

John

Zeigler

1949-12-24

149

07 Oct 2001 00:00

04 Dec 2001 03:54

58d 3h 54m

51y 287d

Richard

Perret

1949-05-24

646

C
M

18 Oct 2014 00:00

22 Dec 2014 05:08

65d 5h 8m

65y 147d

Rémy

Bricka

1949-04-10

942	I K	I	24 Apr 2020 00:00	25 Sep 2020 00:00	Newport Beach (US)	Sydney (AU)	154d 0h 0m	0	0	71y 14d
49	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	38y 358d

Patrick

Quesnel

1949-03-25

28	C H	I	14 Jul 1976 00:00	02 Nov 1976 00:00	La Push (US)	Honolulu (US)	111d 0h 0m	2954	1.11	27y 111d
25	H I	I	03 Oct 1972 00:00	04 Jan 1973 00:00	Half Moon Bay (US)	Half Moon Bay (US)	93d 0h 0m	1216	0.54	23y 192d
24	H Rs	I	28 Aug 1972 00:00	03 Sep 1972 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Half Moon Bay (US)	6d 0h 0m	130	0.9	23y 156d
22	H Ic	I	02 Jun 1972 00:00	03 Jul 1972 00:00	Depoe Bay (US)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	31d 0h 0m	686	0.92	23y 69d
21	H Rs	I	18 May 1972 00:00	25 May 1972 00:00	La Push (US)	Depoe Bay (US)	7d 0h 0m	199	1.18	23y 54d

Derek

King

1949-03-03

C
H

24 Mar 1974 00:00

25 Jun 1974 07:00

93d 7h 0m

25y 21d

Nicholas

Fuller

1948-11-19

705

20 Dec 2015 09:00

10 Feb 2016 18:09

52d 9h 9m

67y 31d

Jim

Bauer

1948-11-19

640	I	R	18 Jun 2014 00:00	22 Jun 2014 00:00	Monterey (US)	Monterey (US)	4d 0h 0m	43	0.45	65y 211d
630	I	R	09 Jun 2014 17:00	12 Jun 2014 17:00	Monterey (US)	Monterey (US)	3d 0h 0m	26	0.36	65y 202d

Thierry

Judet

1948-02-09

C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

44y 45d

Ole

Elmer

1948-01-11

572	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	65y 27d
514	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	63y 328d
490	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	63y 22d
442	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	61y 358d

Mike

Norman

1947-12-09

283

29 Jan 2006 00:00

21 May 2006 00:00

112d 0h 0m

58y 51d

Gérard

Marie

1947-11-29

657

C
M

18 Oct 2014 00:00

09 Jan 2015 00:00

83d 0h 0m

66y 323d

King-Fretts

Hugh

1947-10-01

30 Jan 1984 10:00

08 May 1984 22:30

99d 12h 30m

36y 121d

Graham

Walters

1947-07-17

938	C T	I	25 Jan 2020 07:00	29 Apr 2020 15:00	Pacito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	95d 8h 0m	2631	1.15	72y 192d
768	I	I	18 Feb 2017 00:00	20 Feb 2017 00:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	2d 0h 0m	43	0.9	69y 216d
724	I	I	29 Jan 2016 00:00	14 Feb 2016 23:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	16d 23h 0m	1500	3.69	68y 196d
325	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
285	Ic	I	30 Jan 2006 00:29	05 Feb 2006 00:29	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	El Hierro (ES)	6d 0h 0m	46	0.32	58y 197d
211	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
152	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
91	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

566	I	I	10 Jan 2013 13:35	11 Jan 2013 13:35	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	1d 0h 0m	0	0	65y 266d
23	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	25y 47d
14	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	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

123	I	I	03 Feb 2000 00:00	02 Apr 2000 00:00	Wellington (NZ)	Wellington (NZ)	59d 0h 0m	1538	1.09	52y 311d
84	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
64	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

69	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	49y 37d
65	I	I	14 Jun 1995 00:00	15 Jun 1995 00:00	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	1d 0h 0m	26	1.08	48y 115d
63	Rs	I	12 Jun 1995 00:00	13 Jun 1995 00:00	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	Nakhodka (Russian Federation)	1d 0h 0m	26	1.08	48y 113d
59	I	I	12 May 1993 00:00	12 Mar 1994 00:00	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	304d 0h 0m	5474	0.75	46y 82d
57	I	I	06 Jun 1992 00:00	25 Jun 1992 00:00	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	Vladivostok (Russian Federation)	19d 0h 0m	0	0	45y 108d
37	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
35	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
27	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

212	I	I	04 Nov 2003 00:00	18 Nov 2003 00:00	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	14d 0h 0m	0	0	56y 356d
193	I	I	16 Oct 2003 00:00	16 Oct 2003 18:20	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	0d 18h 20m	43	2.39	56y 337d
125	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
100	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

772	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
590	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
590	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
483	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

40	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
40	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
40	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
40	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
40	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
36	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

150

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

305

C
M

19 Nov 2006 00:00

05 Jan 2007 00:11

47d 0h 11m

61y 55d

Gerard

d'Aboville

1945-09-05

55	C	I	11 Jul 1991 08:00	22 Nov 1991 20:15	Choshi (JP)	Ilawaco (US)	134d 12h 15m	5387	1.67	45y 309d
34	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

215

20 Jan 2004 00:00

27 Mar 2004 14:01

67d 14h 1m

58y 143d

Stein

Hoff

1945-08-29

730	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
180	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
101	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

144

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

182

07 Nov 2002 00:00

30 Dec 2002 10:46

53d 10h 46m

57y 341d

Related: Jenny Jardine (wife);

Diana

Hoff

1944-05-01

117

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

517

05 Dec 2011 00:00

22 Jan 2012 08:03

48d 8h 3m

67y 252d

Richard

Jones

1943-07-07

129	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
108	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

Tom

Butscher

1943-06-11

488

15 Jan 2011 00:00

03 Mar 2011 18:00

47d 18h 0m

67y 218d

Tom

McClean

1943-02-10

43	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
9	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

705

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

253	C	I	13 Sep 2005 00:00	09 Nov 2005 04:50	Cocos (AU)	Mahe (SC)	57d 4h 50m	2494	1.82	66y 289d
230	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
230	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

60	L I	I	29 Sep 1993 00:00	20 Nov 1993 00:00	Tower Bridge (UK)	Mazagon (ES)	52d 0h 0m		0	55y 41d
58	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
58	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
52	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
52	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
52	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
52	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
51	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

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