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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1681	337	2018	1911	675
1	United Kingdom	979	193	1172	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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Victoria

Holmes

1984-06-15

Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
281	C	R	30 Nov 2005 00:00	22 Feb 2006 23:09	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	84d 23h 9m	2554	1.25	21y 168d

James

Dennistoun

0001-01-01

457	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	0y 0d
523	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	0y 0d

Sam

Langmead

0001-01-01

457

04 Jan 2010 00:00

30 Mar 2010 00:00

85d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Matt

Boreham

1968-10-14

373

11 Jan 2008 00:00

04 Apr 2008 23:32

84d 23h 32m

39y 89d

Tom

Robinson

1999-02-24

1073	C T	I	02 Jul 2022 16:34	10 Dec 2022 04:30	Lima (PE)	Omoka, Penhryn (CK)	160d 11h 56m	4763	1.24	23y 128d
1073	C T	I	01 Jul 2023 19:30	22 Aug 2023 05:00	Pago Pago (AS)	Gaua island (VU)	51d 9h 30m	1286	1.04	24y 127d
1073	C T	I	14 Apr 2023 20:30	21 May 2023 23:30	Omoka, Penhryn (CK)	Pago Pago (AS)	37d 3h 0m	808	0.91	24y 49d
1073	C T	I	28 Aug 2023 01:30	09 Sep 2023 02:00	Gaua island (VU)	Luganville (VU)	12d 0h 30m	82	0.28	24y 185d
1073	C T	I	01 Oct 2023 21:25	05 Oct 2023 20:00	Luganville (VU)	WSW of Luganville (VU)	3d 22h 35m	56	0.6	24y 219d

Alan

Lock

1980-02-01

373

11 Jan 2008 00:00

04 Apr 2008 23:32

84d 23h 32m

27y 344d

Disability: Blind;

Sara

Brewer

1956-01-12

927

12 Dec 2019 13:15

07 Mar 2020 22:14

86d 8h 59m

63y 334d

Didier

Bovard

0001-01-01

384	C K	I	01 Jan 2009 00:01	30 Mar 2009 00:01	Las Gallatas, Tenerife (ES)	Martinique (MQ)	88d 0h 0m	2595	1.23	0y 0d
384	C K	I	01 Dec 2008 00:01	28 Dec 2008 00:01	Lagos (PT)	Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES)	27d 0h 0m	546	0.84	0y 0d

Nick

Dennison

1982-01-01

478

12 May 2010 10:10

01 Jul 2010 15:02

50d 4h 52m

28y 131d

Ann

Prestidge

0001-01-01

927

12 Dec 2019 13:15

07 Mar 2020 22:14

86d 8h 59m

0y 0d

Hamish

Reid

1982-01-01

478

12 May 2010 10:10

01 Jul 2010 15:02

50d 4h 52m

28y 131d

Tez

Steinberg

1987-08-13

954	S	I	02 Jul 2020 16:00		Monterey, California (US)	O'ahu (US)	1387d 2h 8m			32y 324d
954	S	I	19 Dec 2023 19:24		O'ahu (US)	Cairns (AU)	121d 22h 44m			36y 128d

Maxim

Ivanov

2003-08-25

951	C	I	05 Jul 2020 08:35	06 Oct 2020 16:00	Arrecife (ES)	Hastings (BB)	93d 7h 25m	2732	1.22	16y 315d
951	C	I	14 Jun 2020 06:40	26 Jun 2020 08:35	Portimao (PT)	Arrecife (ES)	12d 1h 55m	550	1.9	16y 294d

Paul

Ridley

1983-05-25

386	C	I	01 Jan 2009 00:00	29 Mar 2009 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	87d 0h 0m	2554	1.22	25y 221d
567	C	I	17 Jul 2012 19:39	26 Aug 2012 22:46	Inuvik (CA)	Point Hope (US)	40d 3h 7m	725	0.75	29y 53d

Keith

Oliver

0001-01-01

259

03 Nov 2005 10:00

14 Nov 2005 00:00

10d 14h 0m

0y 0d

Pete

Fletcher

0001-01-01

686

C
D

21 May 2015 00:47

27 Aug 2015 11:12

98d 10h 25m

0y 0d

Tom

Hudson

0001-01-01

686

C
D

21 May 2015 00:47

27 Aug 2015 11:12

98d 10h 25m

0y 0d

Jerry

Rogers

259

03 Nov 2005 10:00

14 Nov 2005 00:00

10d 14h 0m

18y 13316d

Beverly

Ashton

1981-01-01

480

01 Jun 2010 16:30

23 Jul 2010 09:12

51d 16h 42m

29y 151d

Belinda

Kirk

1976-01-01

480

01 Jun 2010 16:30

23 Jul 2010 09:12

51d 16h 42m

34y 151d

Laura

Thomasson

1987-01-01

480

01 Jun 2010 16:30

23 Jul 2010 09:12

51d 16h 42m

23y 151d

Andreas

Rommel

0001-01-01

239

16 Jul 2004 20:30

01 Sep 2004 20:30

47d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Jean-Marc

Dupont

0001-01-01

981

C
U
T

13 Dec 2020 00:01

10 Mar 2021 07:30

87d 7h 29m

0y 0d

Peter

Doorish

0000-01-01

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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d

Sören

Kjellkvist Sören Kjellkvist

1974-06-26

784	C	I	19 Jul 2017 19:52	07 Aug 2017 19:05	Tromso (NO)	Barentsburg (NO)	18d 23h 13m	539	1.18	43y 23d
1050	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
784	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

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

Glenn

Mattsing

1978-08-19

784	C	I	19 Jul 2017 19:52	07 Aug 2017 19:05	Tromso (NO)	Barentsburg (NO)	18d 23h 13m	539	1.18	38y 334d
784	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

Peder

Åström

0001-01-01

620

30 Jan 2014 09:12

02 May 2014 09:12

92d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Fenella

McAlister

1959-05-19

752	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
694	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

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
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

Jeremy

Hinton

0001-01-01

214

23 Oct 2003 00:00

22 Jan 2004 08:30

91d 8h 30m

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

Dominic

Biggs

0001-01-01

143

07 Oct 2001 00:00

23 Nov 2001 00:00

47d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Roger

Haines

0001-01-01

456	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
428	I	R	19 Apr 2009 00:00	20 Apr 2009 00:00	Geraldton (AU)	Geraldton (AU)	1d 0h 0m	0	0	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

632

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

632

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

499

21 Apr 2011 00:00

14 Aug 2011 07:45

115d 7h 45m

31y 110d

James

Adair

1980-01-01

499

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

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;

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;

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);

Réamonn

Byrne

1981-06-16

1006	I	I	10 Jul 2021 20:30	29 Aug 2021 00:00	Chatham (US)	Galway (IE)	49d 3h 30m	1300	1.1	40y 24d
1002	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

Daryl

Farmer

1974-11-01

755	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
645	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
640	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

Chris

McCaffrey

1999-12-06

1006	I	I	10 Jul 2021 20:30	29 Aug 2021 00:00	Chatham (US)	Galway (IE)	49d 3h 30m	1300	1.1	21y 216d
1002	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

Ryen

Cosgro

1995-05-17

1006	I	I	10 Jul 2021 20:30	29 Aug 2021 00:00	Chatham (US)	Galway (IE)	49d 3h 30m	1300	1.1	26y 54d
1002	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

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