Single-handed sailing - The pioneers

Single-handed sailing - The pioneers. In 1876, a 30-year-old fisherman named Alfred "Centennial" Johnson sailed out of Gloucester, Massachusetts to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open dory named Centennial. His voyage, which arose from a dare with his friends over a game of cards, was timed to celebrate the first centennial of the United States. He set off on the 3,000-mile crossing on June 15, 1876; he averaged about 70 miles a day, and survived a major gale that capsized the boat, finally making landfall ...

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In June 2000, Francis Joyon sailed the trimaran Eure et Loir from Plymouth to Newport in 9 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes, setting the record for a east-to-west transatlantic passage.[23] In the same month, Ellen MacArthur sailed the same route in the monohull Kingfisher in 14 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes. This is the record for a single-handed monohull east-to-west passage, and also the record for a woman in any vessel.^{See also:}

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Many dinghy and other small-boat sailors sail single-handed over short distances, or in protected waters, with little difficulty; indeed, the smallest classes of boat (such as Optimists and El Toros) can realistically only accommodate a single crewmember. The term single-handed sailing, however, normally refers to voyages which would normally be undertaken with crew, such as sailing over longer distances, over multiple days, and in larger boats; this is a much more challenging activity, particularly for those who do it competitively. See also:

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In sailing, a hand is a member of a ship's crew.[1][2] Single-handed therefore means with a crew of one; ie. one person only on the vessel. The term "single-handed" has been adopted into more general English, meaning "done without help from others"; however, it has also come to mean literally "with one hand".^{See also:}

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