Practical Boat Owner Summer-2019 15.07.2019

To receive the editor’s monthly email newsletter, go to our website: www.pbo.co.uk Lost at sea but not forgotten We have two separate, unconnected stories this month about boats lost at sea. Of course, rarely an issue goes to press without a report on a life or lives lost at sea, but the difference this month is that we are celebrating and remembering individuals who were lost a long time ago and the stories have been brought to us with the fond words of those who knew them. In the letters section (page 11) we hear from the grandson of the skipper of Cliperau, a Golden Hind 31 that disappeared 47 years ago en route to Holyhead from Gibraltar. And in Cruising Notes, page 83, we publish extracts from the circumnavigation of Chess, a…

To receive the editor’s monthly email newsletter, go to our website: www.pbo.co.uk Lost at sea but not forgotten We have two separate, unconnected stories this month about boats lost at sea. Of course, rarely an issue goes to press without a report on a life or lives lost at sea, but the difference this month is that we are celebrating and remembering individuals who were lost a long time ago and the stories have been brought to us with the fond words of those who knew them. In the letters section (page 11) we hear from the grandson of the skipper of Cliperau, a Golden Hind 31 that disappeared 47 years ago en route to Holyhead from Gibraltar. And in Cruising Notes, page 83, we publish extracts from the circumnavigation…

When offshore sailor Tony Curphey finished his solo circumnavigation in 308 days he didn’t just complete the Longue Route, but also entered the record books. At 74 he is now the oldest person to have sailed solo around the world non-stop and unassisted. He takes the record from the 73-year-old French winner of the 2018-19 Golden Globe Race, Jean-Luc Van Den Heede. The former lorry driver and Merchant Navy seaman left Emsworth in Chichester Harbour in his Nicholson 32, Nicola Deux on 24 June 2018, returning on 27 April 2019. “I was happy the Longue Route was not a race,” said Curphey. “I just enjoyed being at sea and the main thing was just completing the Longue Route and making it back to Emsworth.” The Longue Route was Curphey’s fourth solo circumnavigation. Initially he’d…

Minoru Saito The Japanese offshore sailor claimed the oldest person to sail around the world non-stop and unassisted title in 2005 following his seventh circumnavigation at the age of 71 in his 56ft 1989 steel-hulled cutter-rigged sloop, Nicole BMW Shuten-Dohji III. At the age of 77, the BOC Challenge veteran also completed a solo circumnavigation, westabout, past Cape Horn, with stops Jeanne Socrates In July 2013, Jeanne Socrates, 70, became the oldest woman to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. Now 76, she is attempting to become the oldest person to sail solo and non-stop around the world without assistance. Harry Heckel American skipper Harry Heckel was 89 when he completed his 10-year single-handed west to east circumnavigation with stops in 2005 aboard his Dreadnought 32, Idle Queen.…

When offshore sailor Tony Curphey finished his solo circumnavigation in 308 days he didn’t just complete the Longue Route, but also entered the record books. At 74 he is now the oldest person to have sailed solo around the world non-stop and unassisted. He takes the record from the 73-year-old French winner of the 2018-19 Golden Globe Race, Jean-Luc Van Den Heede. The former lorry driver and Merchant Navy seaman left Emsworth in Chichester Harbour in his Nicholson 32, Nicola Deux on 24 June 2018, returning on 27 April 2019. “I was happy the Longue Route was not a race,” said Curphey. “I just enjoyed being at sea and the main thing was just completing the Longue Route and making it back to Emsworth.” The Longue Route was Curphey’s fourth…

Minoru Saito The Japanese offshore sailor claimed the oldest person to sail around the world non-stop and unassisted title in 2005 following his seventh circumnavigation at the age of 71 in his 56ft 1989 steel-hulled cutter-rigged sloop, Nicole BMW Shuten-Dohji III. At the age of 77, the BOC Challenge veteran also completed a solo circumnavigation, westabout, past Cape Horn, with stops Jeanne Socrates In July 2013, Jeanne Socrates, 70, became the oldest woman to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. Now 76, she is attempting to become the oldest person to sail solo and non-stop around the world without assistance. Harry Heckel American skipper Harry Heckel was 89 when he completed his 10-year single-handed west to east circumnavigation with stops in 2005 aboard his Dreadnought 32, Idle Queen.…