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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1873	430	2303	2182	729
1	United Kingdom	1102	253	1355	1300	368
2	United States	150	42	192	166	74
3	France	130	19	149	147	69
4	Ireland	72	10	82	67	32
5	Australia	42	12	54	40	21
6	Netherlands	31	18	49	62	10
7	South Africa	33	4	37	33	13
8	Canada	24	12	36	26	19
9	Switzerland	23	10	33	36	2
10	New Zealand	24	5	29	32	9
11	Germany	21	8	29	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	9	5
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	6	3
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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Parry

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Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
583	I	R	01 Jun 2013 07:16	07 Jun 2013 07:16	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	6d 0h 0m	0	0

Steve

Paterson

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585

01 Jun 2013 07:16

06 Jun 2013 07:16

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Gareth

Pearson

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265

30 Nov 2005 00:00

24 Jan 2006 00:00

55d 0h 0m

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Duncan

Pearson

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265

30 Nov 2005 00:00

24 Jan 2006 00:00

55d 0h 0m

Related: Gareth Pearson (brother);

Mariana

Peinado

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841

07 Jun 2018 01:00

13 Jun 2018 01:00

6d 0h 0m

Paul

Pendleton

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585

01 Jun 2013 07:16

06 Jun 2013 07:16

5d 0h 0m

Lesley

Foden

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779

03 Jun 2017 13:00

26 Jul 2017 08:00

52d 19h 0m

Ted

Manning

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361

02 Dec 2007 00:00

13 Dec 2007 00:00

11d 0h 0m

Rob

Pickering

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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

Charlie

Pitcher

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688	I	I	31 May 2015 00:00	01 Jul 2015 00:00	Burnham-on-Crouch (UK)	Burnham-on-Crouch (UK)	31d 0h 0m	0	0
575	Rs	I	02 Feb 2013 00:00	03 Feb 2013 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	1d 0h 0m	0	0
456	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	25 Feb 2010 06:47	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	52d 6h 47m	2554	2.04
989	C U	I	22 Mar 2021 11:30	03 May 2021 14:00	Amarilla Golf, Tenerife (ES)	Falmouth Harbour (AG)	42d 2h 30m	2575	2.55
576	C	I	06 Feb 2013 17:05	13 Mar 2013 17:38	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Barbados (BB)	35d 0h 33m	2529	3.01

Roy

Finlay

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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
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
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
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
371	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

Ernst

Fiby

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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
492	C	I	15 Jan 2011 00:00	03 Mar 2011 18:00	Tarfaya (MA)	Port St. Charles (BB)	47d 18h 0m	2752	2.4

Howie

Raw

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606

04 Dec 2013 13:00

0d 0h 0m

Stephane

Portes

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262

30 Nov 2005 00:00

01 Dec 2005 00:00

1d 0h 0m

Bobby

Prentice

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361	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
267	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

Simon

Prior

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424

19 Apr 2009 00:00

11 Jun 2009 00:00

53d 0h 0m

Tom

Fancett

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617	I	I	17 Dec 2013 00:00	18 Dec 2013 12:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	1d 12h 0m	0	0
513	I	R	05 Dec 2011 00:00	14 Dec 2011 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	9d 0h 0m	0	0

John

Fairfax

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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Mads

Fabricius

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671

24 Nov 2014 21:59

09 Dec 2014 02:29

14d 4h 30m

Michael

Majgaard

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523

05 Dec 2011 00:00

08 Dec 2011 00:00

3d 0h 0m

Robert

Eustace

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696	I	I	03 Dec 2015 08:40	07 Dec 2015 08:40	Puerto Rico (ES)	Puerto Rico (ES)	4d 0h 0m	0	0
498	I	I	13 Apr 2011 00:00	15 Apr 2011 00:00	Geraldton (AU)	Geraldton (AU)	2d 0h 0m	0	0
628	C	I	01 Jun 2014 10:13	23 Jul 2014 23:30	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Hilo (US)	52d 13h 17m	2017	1.6
279	C	R	30 Nov 2005 00:00	06 Feb 2006 01:03	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	68d 1h 3m	2554	1.56

John

Eustace

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696

03 Dec 2015 08:40

07 Dec 2015 08:40

4d 0h 0m

Denis

Raksha

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617

17 Dec 2013 00:00

18 Dec 2013 12:00

1d 12h 0m

Angela

Madsen

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948	L I	I	24 Apr 2020 07:50	23 Jun 2020 07:50	Marina del Rey (US)	Waikiki (US)	60d 0h 0m		0
589	I	I	10 Jun 2013 05:45	17 Jun 2013 05:45	Santa Cruz (US)	Santa Cruz (US)	7d 0h 0m	0	0
481	C	R	01 Jun 2010 16:30	23 Jul 2010 09:12	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	51d 16h 42m	1483	1.2
625	C T	I	21 May 2014 02:35	20 Jul 2014 07:40	Long Beach (US)	Waikiki (US)	60d 5h 5m	2225	1.54
352	C	R	02 Dec 2007 00:00	06 Feb 2008 23:24	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	66d 23h 24m	2554	1.59
492	C	I	15 Jan 2011 00:00	03 Mar 2011 18:00	Tarfaya (MA)	Port St. Charles (BB)	47d 18h 0m	2752	2.4
430	C	R	28 Apr 2009 00:00	25 Jun 2009 15:08	Geraldton (AU)	Port Louis (MU)	58d 15h 8m	3135	2.23

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Sergey

Raksha

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617

17 Dec 2013 00:00

18 Dec 2013 12:00

1d 12h 0m

Sally

Kettle

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204	I	R	19 Oct 2003 00:00	24 Oct 2003 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	5d 0h 0m	0	0
587	I	R	01 Jun 2013 07:16	06 Jun 2013 07:16	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	5d 0h 0m	86	0.72
224	C	R	20 Jan 2004 00:00	04 May 2004 16:28	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	105d 16h 28m	2606	1.03
263	C	R	30 Nov 2005 00:00	15 Feb 2006 09:55	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	77d 9h 55m	2554	1.38

Related: Sarah Kettle (mother);

Ian

Mc Keever

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389

04 Jan 2009 06:00

15 Jan 2009 08:00

11d 2h 0m

Christer

Kjellner

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608

04 Dec 2013 13:00

14 Dec 2013 13:00

10d 0h 0m

Levente

Kovácsik

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597	I K	I	26 Nov 2013 14:00	29 Nov 2013 00:01	Mazagon (ES)	Barbados (BB)	2d 10h 1m	0	0
694	C K	I	26 Nov 2015 10:00	30 Jan 2016 06:51	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	64d 20h 51m	2638	1.7
694	C K	I	21 Oct 2015 19:05	11 Nov 2015 05:08	Mazagon (ES)	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	20d 10h 3m	692	1.41

Neil

Ward

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584	I	R	01 Jun 2013 07:16	06 Jun 2013 07:16	Tower Bridge (UK)	Tower Bridge (UK)	5d 0h 0m	0	0
457	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	11 Feb 2010 11:07	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	38d 11h 7m	2534	2.75

Pavlo

Bilous

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1233

07 Dec 2024 12:00

11 Dec 2024 20:00

4d 8h 0m

Anthony

Ward-Thomas Anthony Ward-Thomas

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729

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01 Feb 2016 00:00

09 Feb 2016 00:00

8d 0h 0m

Tom

Lee

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421

19 Apr 2009 00:00

20 Apr 2009 00:00

1d 0h 0m

Romauld

Koperski

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593	I	I	07 Jul 2013 20:13	23 Jul 2013 20:13	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	16d 0h 0m	0	0
751	C	I	31 Oct 2016 14:50	16 Jan 2017 19:10	Las Gallatas, Tenerife (ES)	Scarborough (TT)	77d 4h 20m	2672	1.44

Bob

Warren

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266

30 Nov 2005 00:00

23 Jan 2006 00:00

54d 0h 0m

Cindy

Way

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745

06 Jun 2016 17:00

08 Jun 2016 17:00

2d 0h 0m

Anton

Weikmann

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488

25 Dec 2010 00:00

29 Dec 2010 00:00

4d 0h 0m

Brian

Krauskopf

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838	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

Laura

Try

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779	I	I	03 Jun 2017 13:00	26 Jul 2017 08:00	Burnham-on-Crouch (UK)	Burnham-on-Crouch (UK)	52d 19h 0m	0	0
868	C	R	12 Dec 2018 13:25	24 Jan 2019 15:51	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	43d 2h 26m	2554	2.47

Keith

Whelan

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502	I	I	07 May 2011 00:00	19 May 2011 00:00	Geraldton (AU)	Geraldton (AU)	12d 0h 0m	0	0
503	I	I	04 Jun 2011 00:00	07 Jun 2011 00:00	Abrolhos Islands (AU)	Abrolhos Islands (AU)	3d 0h 0m	187	2.6

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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Neil

Blackeby

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614	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
708	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

Anna

Kirkin

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841

07 Jun 2018 01:00

13 Jun 2018 01:00

6d 0h 0m

Katherine

Wilkins

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1060

01 May 2022 12:00

01 May 2023 12:00

365d 0h 0m

Stuart

Kinnaird

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758

14 Dec 2016 00:00

16 Dec 2016 00:00

2d 0h 0m

Chris

Williams

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809

14 Dec 2017 00:00

0d 0h 0m

George

Ardavanis

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758

14 Dec 2016 00:00

16 Dec 2016 00:00

2d 0h 0m

Peter

Williams

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470	Rs	I	07 Jan 2010 00:00	08 Jan 2010 00:00	Agadir (MA)	Agadir (MA)	1d 0h 0m	0	0
471	Rs	I	08 Jan 2010 00:00	09 Jan 2010 00:00	Agadir (MA)	Agadir (MA)	1d 0h 0m	0	0
389	I	I	04 Jan 2009 06:00	15 Jan 2009 08:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	11d 2h 0m	0	0
279	C	R	30 Nov 2005 00:00	06 Feb 2006 01:03	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	68d 1h 3m	2554	1.56
473	C	I	12 Jan 2010 00:00	10 Mar 2010 19:57	Agadir (MA)	Port St. Charles (BB)	57d 19h 57m	2606	1.88

Fedor

Konyukhov

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616	I	I	14 Dec 2013 09:45	18 Dec 2013 09:45	Concon (CL)	Concon (CL)	4d 0h 0m	0	0
854	C T	I	06 Dec 2018 07:08	09 May 2019 07:08	Port Chalmers (NZ)	Diego Ramirez (CL)	154d 0h 0m	3980	1.08
618	C M	I	22 Dec 2013 12:15	31 May 2014 05:13	Concon (CL)	Mooloobala (AU)	159d 16h 58m	6407	1.67
1232	I	I	05 Dec 2024 02:00	30 Mar 2025 13:00	Drake Passage (CL)	-41.572611, 60.436694 ()	115d 11h 0m	6058	2.19
185	C	I	16 Oct 2002 00:00	01 Dec 2002 04:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	46d 4h 0m	2534	2.29

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Hannah

Lawton

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605

04 Dec 2013 13:00

11 Mar 2014 13:00

97d 0h 0m

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