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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1578	315	1893	1762	659
1	United Kingdom	922	179	1101	1032	345
2	United States	128	32	160	140	63
3	France	126	19	145	143	62
4	Ireland	46	8	54	44	27
5	Australia	36	10	46	34	19
6	Netherlands	24	11	35	45	10
7	South Africa	31	3	34	31	10
8	Canada	23	7	30	22	18
9	New Zealand	23	4	27	29	9
10	Switzerland	17	5	22	22	0
11	Belgium	20	0	20	14	7
12	Germany	12	8	20	14	7
13	Denmark	14	6	20	22	1
14	Norway	13	6	19	19	2
15	Antigua And Barbuda	11	5	16	16	0
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	8	5
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	5	1
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	2	2
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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Glenn

Mattsing

1978-08-19

Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
786	C	I	19 Jul 2017 19:52	07 Aug 2017 19:05	Tromso (NO)	Barentsburg (NO)	18d 23h 13m	539	1.18	38y 334d
786	C	I	28 Jul 2018 00:00	20 Aug 2018 00:00	Longyearbyen (NO)	Southernmost point (NO)	23d 0h 0m	27	0.05	39y 343d

Patrick

Quesnel

1949-03-25

23	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
30	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
24	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
27	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
26	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

Sören

Kjellkvist Sören Kjellkvist

1974-06-26

786	C	I	19 Jul 2017 19:52	07 Aug 2017 19:05	Tromso (NO)	Barentsburg (NO)	18d 23h 13m	539	1.18	43y 23d
1052	T Ic	I	28 Dec 2021 09:36	20 Jan 2022 05:54	Lagos (PT)	Funchal (PT)	22d 20h 18m	486	0.89	47y 185d
786	C	I	28 Jul 2018 00:00	20 Aug 2018 00:00	Longyearbyen (NO)	Southernmost point (NO)	23d 0h 0m	27	0.05	44y 32d

Fenella

McAlister

1959-05-19

754	I	I	29 Nov 2016 10:00	09 Feb 2017 10:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	72d 0h 0m	2036	1.18	57y 194d
696	I	I	23 Nov 2015 13:45	19 Jan 2016 13:45	Sagres (PT)	Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES)	57d 0h 0m	974	0.71	56y 188d

Related: Martin Cruickshank (brother);

Peter

Bray

0001-01-01

436	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
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
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

Sebastien

Lefebvre

0001-01-01

214	C	R	23 Oct 2003 00:00	22 Jan 2004 08:30	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	91d 8h 30m	2534	1.16	0y 0d
211	I	R	19 Oct 2003 00:00	21 Oct 2003 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	2d 0h 0m	0	0	0y 0d

Roger

Haines

0001-01-01

470	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	06 Apr 2010 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	92d 0h 0m	2554	1.16	0y 0d
425	I	R	19 Apr 2009 00:00	20 Apr 2009 00:00	Geraldton (AU)	Geraldton (AU)	1d 0h 0m	0	0	0y 0d

Jeremy

Hinton

0001-01-01

214

23 Oct 2003 00:00

22 Jan 2004 08:30

91d 8h 30m

0y 0d

Dominic

Biggs

0001-01-01

143

07 Oct 2001 00:00

23 Nov 2001 00:00

47d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Jonathan

Gornall

0001-01-01

143	I	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	23 Nov 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	47d 0h 0m	1308	1.16	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

Christophe

Papillon

1987-02-06

641

09 Jun 2014 17:00

24 Aug 2014 02:25

75d 9h 25m

27y 123d

Andrew

Halsey

1957-04-19

187	I	I	25 Nov 2002 00:00	03 Apr 2003 02:05	Callao (PE)	Callao (PE)	129d 2h 5m	3572	1.15	45y 220d
75	C	I	28 Apr 1997 00:00	22 Aug 1997 00:00	Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)	St. Lucia (LC)	116d 0h 0m	2637	0.95	40y 9d
118	I	I	15 Jul 1999 00:00	06 Apr 2000 00:00	San Diego (US)	San Diego (US)	266d 0h 0m	5822	0.91	42y 87d

Clement

Heliot

1989-01-01

641

09 Jun 2014 17:00

24 Aug 2014 02:25

75d 9h 25m

25y 159d

King-Fretts

Hugh

1947-10-01

30 Jan 1984 10:00

08 May 1984 22:30

99d 12h 30m

36y 121d

Ben

Stenning

1980-01-01

502

21 Apr 2011 00:00

14 Aug 2011 07:45

115d 7h 45m

31y 110d

James

Adair

1980-01-01

502

21 Apr 2011 00:00

14 Aug 2011 07:45

115d 7h 45m

31y 110d

Niclas

Mardfelt

1976-03-04

155

07 Oct 2001 00:00

10 Jan 2002 05:33

95d 5h 33m

25y 217d

Rune

Larsson

1956-05-11

155

07 Oct 2001 00:00

10 Jan 2002 05:33

95d 5h 33m

45y 149d

Matthew

Boreham

1968-10-14

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
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
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
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

Related: Edward Boreham (brother);

Sylvia

Cook

0001-01-01

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

Links: wiki;

John

Fairfax

1937-05-21

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	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	12 Nov 1971 00:00	09 Jan 1972 00:00	Tangkore (KI)	Gilbert Islands (KI)	58d 0h 0m	1496	1.07	34y 175d
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
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	26 Apr 1971 00:00	03 Jun 1971 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Ensenada (MX)	38d 0h 0m		0	33y 340d
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	33y 334d
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	33y 329d
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	33y 324d

Links: wiki;

Réamonn

Byrne

1981-06-16

1008	I	I	10 Jul 2021 20:30	29 Aug 2021 00:00	Chatham (US)	Galway (IE)	49d 3h 30m	1300	1.1	40y 24d
1004	Rs	I	15 Jun 2021 17:00	24 Jun 2021 02:54	Arverne, Rockaway beach, New York (US)	Galway (IE)	8d 9h 54m	155	0.77	39y 364d

Brian

Heron

0001-01-01

467

04 Jan 2010 00:00

11 Apr 2010 00:00

97d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Daryl

Farmer

1974-11-01

759	C	R	14 Dec 2016 00:00	20 Mar 2017 13:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	96d 13h 0m	2549	1.1	42y 43d
647	I	R	18 Jun 2014 00:00	21 Jun 2014 00:00	Monterey, California (US)	Monterey, California (US)	3d 0h 0m	26	0.36	39y 229d
642	I	R	10 Jun 2014 00:00	12 Jun 2014 00:00	Monterey, California (US)	Monterey, California (US)	2d 0h 0m	8	0.17	39y 221d

Ryen

Cosgro

1995-05-17

1008	I	I	10 Jul 2021 20:30	29 Aug 2021 00:00	Chatham (US)	Galway (IE)	49d 3h 30m	1300	1.1	26y 54d
1004	Rs	I	15 Jun 2021 17:00	24 Jun 2021 02:54	Arverne, Rockaway beach, New York (US)	Galway (IE)	8d 9h 54m	155	0.77	26y 29d

Chris

McCaffrey

1999-12-06

1008	I	I	10 Jul 2021 20:30	29 Aug 2021 00:00	Chatham (US)	Galway (IE)	49d 3h 30m	1300	1.1	21y 216d
1004	Rs	I	15 Jun 2021 17:00	24 Jun 2021 02:54	Arverne, Rockaway beach, New York (US)	Galway (IE)	8d 9h 54m	155	0.77	21y 191d

Glenn

Edwards

0001-01-01

335

24 Mar 2007 00:00

09 Jul 2007 21:30

107d 21h 30m

0y 0d

Marie Christine

Meunier

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

29 Oct 1997 00:00

17d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Related: Jean Marc Meunier (husband);

Jean Marc

Meunier

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

29 Oct 1997 00:00

17d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Related: Marie Christine Meunier (wife);

Dominic

Pichon

0001-01-01

126

23 Jan 2000 00:00

09 Feb 2000 00:00

17d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Peter

Haining

1962-04-03

12 Oct 1997 00:00

14 Oct 1997 00:00

2d 0h 0m

35y 192d

Links: wiki;

Shareeda

Aldosseri

1999-09-12

1105

23 Dec 2022 15:29

27 Dec 2022 20:33

4d 5h 4m

23y 102d

Nigel

Garbett

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

13 Oct 1997 00:00

1d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Warren

Rowe

1992-02-16

1105

23 Dec 2022 15:29

27 Dec 2022 20:33

4d 5h 4m

30y 310d

Leo

Rossette

0001-01-01

462	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	15 Apr 2010 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Les Saintes (GP)	101d 0h 0m	2606	1.08	0y 0d
388	I	I	01 Jan 2009 00:00	02 Jan 2009 17:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	1d 17h 0m	0	0	0y 0d

Saad

Musameh

1996-07-17

1105

23 Dec 2022 15:29

27 Dec 2022 20:33

4d 5h 4m

26y 159d

Guy

Lemonier

0000-01-01

47	Rs	I	16 Jun 1987 00:00	17 Jun 1987 00:00	Cape Cod (US)	Cape Cod (US)	1d 0h 0m	26	1.08	0y 0d
49	I	I	21 Jun 1987 00:00	21 Aug 1987 00:00	Cape Cod (US)	Cape Cod (US)	61d 0h 0m	0	0	0y 0d

Boris

Renzelmann

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

22 Oct 1997 00:00

10d 0h 0m

0y 0d

David

Riches

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

14 Oct 1997 00:00

2d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Kenneth

Kerr

0000-01-01

33	H I	I	01 May 1979 00:00	26 Jun 1979 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	56d 0h 0m	1450	1.08	0y 0d
34	H L I	I	21 May 1980 00:00	25 Oct 1980 00:00	Corner Brook (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	157d 0h 0m		0	0y 0d

Nikolai

Wedemeye

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

22 Oct 1997 00:00

10d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Robert

Driscoll

1976-05-09

1105

23 Dec 2022 15:29

27 Dec 2022 20:33

4d 5h 4m

46y 228d

Lara

Vafiadis

0001-01-01

1099

C
U

12 Dec 2022 12:45

21 Mar 2023 12:07

98d 23h 22m

0y 0d

Richard

Wood

1956-03-22

223	C	R	20 Jan 2004 00:00	30 Apr 2004 19:30	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	101d 19h 30m	2606	1.07	47y 304d
145	I	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	13 Oct 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	6d 0h 0m	60	0.42	45y 199d

Vladimir

Maximov

1964-08-15

671

16 Nov 2014 09:30

15 Mar 2015 13:47

119d 4h 17m

50y 93d

Sarah

Outen

1985-05-26

419	C	I	01 Apr 2009 00:00	03 Aug 2009 14:09	Fremantle (AU)	Mauritius (MU)	124d 14h 9m	3183	1.06	23y 310d
581	C	I	27 Apr 2013 07:33	23 Sep 2013 20:34	Choshi (JP)	Adak (US)	149d 13h 1m	2041	0.57	27y 336d
686	I	I	14 May 2015 13:45	03 Oct 2015 13:45	Chatham (US)	Chatham (US)	142d 0h 0m	0	0	29y 353d
580	Rs	I	27 Apr 2013 01:47	27 Apr 2013 01:47	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	0d 0h 0m	0	0	27y 336d
564	I	I	12 May 2012 00:00	07 Jun 2012 00:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	26d 0h 0m	0	0	26y 352d
417	I	I	13 Mar 2009 00:00	23 Mar 2009 00:00	Fremantle (AU)	Fremantle (AU)	10d 0h 0m	0	0	23y 291d

Links: wiki;

Steve

Sparks

1961-10-01

840

07 Jun 2018 01:00

28 Aug 2018 14:54

82d 13h 54m

56y 249d

Disability: Blind;

Jan

Female

1944-12-14

12 Oct 1997 00:00

21 Jan 1998 00:00

101d 0h 0m

52y 302d

Related: Daniel Byles (son);

Michael

Tuijn

1968-11-16

179	C	R	09 Oct 2001 00:00	18 Jan 2002 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	101d 0h 0m	2554	1.05	32y 327d
177	Rs	R	08 Oct 2001 00:00	09 Oct 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	1d 0h 0m	13	0.54	32y 326d
148	I	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	08 Oct 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	1d 0h 0m	8	0.33	32y 325d

Rik

Knoop

1967-08-11

179	C	R	09 Oct 2001 00:00	18 Jan 2002 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	101d 0h 0m	2554	1.05	34y 59d
177	Rs	R	08 Oct 2001 00:00	09 Oct 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	1d 0h 0m	13	0.54	34y 58d
148	I	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	08 Oct 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	1d 0h 0m	8	0.33	34y 57d

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