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Robin Knox-Johnston: The first man to sail non-stop solo around the world
From: Ed Popko
Date: 2018 May 12, 04:28 -0700
From: Ed Popko
Date: 2018 May 12, 04:28 -0700
Nice vignette on Robin Knox-Johnston on CNN news today. A comparison with today's solo non-stop record makes his accomplishment all the more amazing.
"Today's solo non-stop around the world record -- 42 days set by Frenchman Francois Gabart in a 100-foot trimaran in 2017 -- is 270 days faster than when Knox-Johnston, now aged 79, first took to the waves."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/sport/golden-globe-race-robin-knox-johnston-round-the-world-sailing-mainsail-spt-intl/index.htmlhjn
Ed Popko
