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#	Nationality	Male	Female	Total	C	I
	Total	1773	392	2165	2026	723
1	United Kingdom	1031	224	1255	1191	359
2	United States	145	40	185	160	73
3	France	129	19	148	145	70
4	Ireland	63	10	73	59	31
5	Australia	41	11	52	38	21
6	Netherlands	30	18	48	57	14
7	South Africa	33	4	37	33	12
8	Canada	24	11	35	25	19
9	Switzerland	23	8	31	33	2
10	New Zealand	23	4	27	29	9
11	Germany	17	8	25	19	8
12	Denmark	18	6	24	31	4
13	Norway	16	6	22	22	2
14	Belgium	22	0	22	14	9
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	6	1	7	6	5
22	Brazil	5	1	6	2	2
23	Poland	5	0	5	6	1
24	Iceland	5	0	5	7	4
25	Ukraine	5	0	5	4	4
26	Romania	5	0	5	4	1
27	Finland	4	0	4	3	1
28	Jersey	0	4	4	4	0
29	Faroe Islands	4	0	4	3	3
30	Austria	2	2	4	5	1
31	Bulgaria	3	0	3	5	3
32	Italy	3	0	3	3	2
33	Lithuania	3	0	3	2	3
34	Portugal	3	0	3	2	3
35	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	2	1
36	Croatia	2	0	2	2	2
37	French Guiana	2	0	2	3	0
38	Slovenia	1	1	2	1	0
39	Bahrain	2	0	2	0	2
40	Japan	2	0	2	2	1
41	Malta	2	0	2	2	0
42	Gibraltar	2	0	2	0	3
43	India	2	0	2	2	2
44	Serbia	1	1	2	2	0
45	Egypt	2	0	2	0	2
46	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	1	1
47	Barbados	2	0	2	3	0
48	Latvia	2	0	2	4	1
49	Uruguay	0	1	1	1	0
50	Greece	1	0	1	1	0
51	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	0	4
52	Mexico	1	0	1	1	0
53	Korea	1	0	1	1	0
54	Lebanon	1	0	1	1	0
55	Oman	1	0	1	1	0
56	Georgia	1	0	1	1	0
57	Guatemala	1	0	1	1	0
58	Turkey	1	0	1	6	5
59	Argentina	1	0	1	0	2
60	Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	1
61	Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	1

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Robert

Barton

1964-11-26

Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
1141	C	I	25 Apr 2023 23:30	20 Jul 2023 11:39	Carnarvon (AU)	Tanzania (TZ)	85d 12h 9m	4829	2.35	58y 150d

Janette

Benaddi

1964-10-20

720

20 Dec 2015 09:00

25 Feb 2016 14:02

67d 5h 2m

51y 61d

Dominic

Marsh

1964-09-21

462	C	R	04 Jan 2010 00:00	19 Mar 2010 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	74d 0h 0m	2554	1.44	45y 105d
162	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	09 Dec 2001 05:52	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	63d 5h 52m	2554	1.68	37y 16d

George

Harboe

1964-09-14

C
H
sd

06 Jun 1896 22:00

01 Aug 1896 11:00

55d 13h 0m

68y 49772d

Links: wiki;

Norman

Butler

1964-09-12

178

08 Oct 2001 00:00

29 Dec 2001 12:40

82d 12h 40m

37y 26d

Katherine

Crosby

1964-09-11

1240

04 Jun 2025 08:00

60y 266d

Alison

Barr

1964-09-09

1240

04 Jun 2025 08:00

60y 268d

Xabier

Agote

1964-09-07

146	C	R	22 Oct 2001 00:00	11 Jan 2002 00:00	El Hierro (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	81d 0h 0m	2489	1.28	37y 45d
146	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	10 Oct 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	El Hierro (ES)	3d 0h 0m	65	0.9	37y 30d

Jason

Howard-Ady Jason Howard-Ady

1964-08-24

529

14 Dec 2011 00:00

17 Feb 2012 03:03

65d 3h 3m

47y 112d

Vladimir

Maximov

1964-08-15

669

16 Nov 2014 09:30

15 Mar 2015 13:47

119d 4h 17m

50y 93d

Ken

Maynard

1964-08-03

529	C	I	14 Dec 2011 00:00	17 Feb 2012 03:03	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	65d 3h 3m	2604	1.67	47y 133d
385	I	I	12 Dec 2008 00:00	06 Jan 2009 04:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	25d 4h 0m	0	0	44y 131d

Mick

Dawson

1964-06-12

839	C	R	07 Jun 2018 01:00	28 Aug 2018 14:54	Monterey, California (US)	Waikiki (US)	82d 13h 54m	2084	1.05	53y 360d
430	C	I	08 May 2009 00:00	13 Nov 2009 10:39	Choshi (JP)	Golden Gate Bridge (US)	189d 10h 39m	4415	0.97	44y 330d
287	C	R	06 Dec 2005 00:00	05 Feb 2006 02:50	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	61d 2h 50m	2554	1.74	41y 177d
233	I	I	06 May 2004 00:00	23 Aug 2004 04:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	109d 4h 0m	0	0	39y 329d
193	I	I	02 Jun 2003 00:00	14 Jun 2003 18:35	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	12d 18h 35m	619	2.02	38y 355d
165	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	16 Dec 2001 09:12	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	70d 9h 12m	2554	1.51	37y 117d

Links: wiki; Related: Steve Dawson (brother);

Andrew

Morris

1964-04-21

367	I	I	05 Dec 2007 00:00	06 Dec 2007 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	El Hierro (ES)	1d 0h 0m	46	1.92	43y 228d
287	C	R	06 Dec 2005 00:00	05 Feb 2006 02:50	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	61d 2h 50m	2554	1.74	41y 229d
272	I	R	30 Nov 2005 00:00	01 Dec 2005 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	1d 0h 0m	0	0	41y 223d

Hamish

Stewart

1964-03-07

711	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	51y 288d
612	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	49y 272d

Mark

Stubbs

1964-03-03

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	40y 119d
182	I	I	11 Jun 2002 00:00	02 Jul 2002 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	21d 0h 0m	904	1.79	38y 100d
102	C	R	12 Oct 1997 12:00	09 Dec 1997 23:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	58d 11h 0m	2550	1.82	33y 223d

Colin

Hiscock

1964-02-17

1161

07 Jul 2023 11:48

22 Jul 2023 17:20

15d 5h 32m

59y 140d

Rob

Hamill

1964-01-04

12 Oct 1997 00:00

22 Nov 1997 02:55

41d 2h 55m

33y 281d

Mark

Sealey

1963-12-29

1161	C	I	07 Jul 2023 11:48	22 Jul 2023 17:20	Tromso (NO)	Longyearbyen (NO)	15d 5h 32m	518	1.42	59y 190d
972	C U	R	12 Dec 2020 11:12	01 Feb 2021 10:28	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	English Harbour (AG)	50d 23h 16m	2549	2.08	56y 349d

Michael

Ryan

1963-11-16

156

07 Oct 2001 00:00

23 Dec 2001 21:02

77d 21h 2m

37y 325d

Simon

van der Hoek

1963-11-06

1059	C ms	I	03 May 2022 13:23	30 May 2022 04:21	Mindelo (CV)	Kourou (GF)	26d 14h 58m	1771	2.78	58y 178d
1059	C ms	I	06 Apr 2022 11:56	02 May 2022 08:58	Portimao (PT)	Mindelo (CV)	25d 21h 2m	1496	2.41	58y 151d

Mike

Nestor

1963-06-19

C
B

30 Jan 1986 00:00

13 Apr 1986 00:00

73d 0h 0m

22y 225d

Elaine

Theaker

1963-06-16

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	59y 361d
806	C	R	14 Dec 2017 00:00	12 Feb 2018 18:34	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	60d 18h 34m	2554	1.75	54y 181d

Geoff

Gavey

1963-06-16

12 Oct 1997 00:00

15 Dec 1997 07:00

64d 7h 0m

34y 118d

Nigel

Morris

1963-06-03

251	C	I	31 May 2005 00:00	09 Jul 2005 22:10	St. John’s (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	39d 22h 10m	1675	1.75	41y 362d
182	I	I	11 Jun 2002 00:00	02 Jul 2002 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	21d 0h 0m	904	1.79	39y 8d

Related: Steve Dawson (brother-in-law), Robert Munslow (brother-in-law), George Rock (brother-in-law);

Pascal

Blond

1963-04-02

12 Oct 1997 00:00

30 Nov 1997 07:00

49d 7h 0m

34y 193d

Tori

Murden

1963-03-06

121	C	I	13 Sep 1999 00:00	03 Dec 1999 07:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Guadeloupe (GP)	81d 7h 0m	2896	1.48	36y 191d
110	I	I	14 Jun 1998 00:00	07 Sep 1998 00:00	Nag's Head (US)	Nag's Head (US)	85d 0h 0m	2650	1.3	35y 100d
107	I	R	22 Oct 1997 00:00	24 Oct 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Los Gigantes (ES)	2d 0h 0m	52	1.08	34y 230d
81	Rs	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	13 Oct 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Los Gigantes (ES)	1d 0h 0m	25	1.04	34y 220d

Aldo

Diana

1963-01-23

529	C	I	14 Dec 2011 00:00	17 Feb 2012 03:03	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	65d 3h 3m	2604	1.67	48y 325d
385	I	I	12 Dec 2008 00:00	06 Jan 2009 04:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	25d 4h 0m	0	0	45y 324d

Christopher

Morgan

1962-12-28

220

20 Jan 2004 00:00

08 Mar 2004 06:36

48d 6h 36m

41y 23d

Dominique

Pape

1962-12-07

1136

30 Jan 2023 13:18

25 Mar 2023 12:49

53d 23h 31m

60y 54d

Giles

Johnson

1962-11-17

1160

22 Jun 2023 14:00

29 Jul 2023 00:00

36d 10h 0m

60y 217d

Links: https://instagram.com/mattandgiles?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ;

Sean

Crowley

1962-10-19

53	C	I	17 Jun 1988 00:00	17 Sep 1988 00:00	Halifax (CA)	Galway (IE)	92d 0h 0m	1876	0.85	25y 242d
44	C B	I	30 Jan 1986 00:00	13 Apr 1986 00:00	Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES)	Georgetown (GY)	73d 0h 0m	2719	1.55	23y 103d

Kathy

Tracey

1962-08-03

263

30 Nov 2005 00:00

05 Feb 2006 07:20

67d 7h 20m

43y 119d

George

Rock

1962-07-09

251	C	I	31 May 2005 00:00	09 Jul 2005 22:10	St. John’s (CA)	Bishops Light (IE)	39d 22h 10m	1675	1.75	42y 326d
182	I	I	11 Jun 2002 00:00	02 Jul 2002 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	21d 0h 0m	904	1.79	39y 337d
100	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	15 Dec 1997 03:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	64d 3h 0m	2550	1.66	35y 95d

Related: Steve Dawson (brother-in-law), Nigel Morris (brother-in-law), Robert Munslow (brother-in-law);

Andrew

Chapple

1962-05-23

174

07 Oct 2001 00:00

26 Nov 2001 15:12

50d 15h 12m

39y 137d

Henry

Dale

1962-05-10

226

20 Jan 2004 00:00

17 May 2004 00:00

118d 0h 0m

41y 255d

Peter

Haining

1962-04-03

12 Oct 1997 00:00

14 Oct 1997 00:00

2d 0h 0m

35y 192d

Links: wiki;

Adrian

Tyrrell

1962-03-10

1129

C
U

03 Jan 2023 10:00

05 Mar 2023 21:00

61d 11h 0m

60y 299d

John

Searson

1962-02-02

101

12 Oct 1997 12:00

11 Dec 1997 05:00

59d 17h 0m

35y 252d

Pete

Beatty

1962-02-02

1165

13 Dec 2023 07:25

26 Jan 2024 10:00

44d 2h 35m

61y 314d

John

Beeden

1962-01-24

851	C	I	30 Nov 2018 08:00	01 Mar 2019 12:00	Portimao (PT)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	91d 4h 0m	3050	1.39	56y 310d
689	C M	I	01 Jun 2015 05:50	27 Dec 2015 03:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Cairns (AU)	208d 21h 10m	6104	1.22	53y 128d
629	I	I	01 Jun 2014 10:13	09 Jun 2014 06:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	7d 19h 47m	0	0	52y 128d
507	C	I	23 Nov 2011 00:00	15 Jan 2012 03:52	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	53d 3h 52m	2604	2.04	49y 303d

Ian

Blandin

1962-01-13

12 Oct 1997 00:00

08 Dec 1997 12:00

57d 12h 0m

35y 272d

Philippe

Piriou

1961-12-20

C
B

25 Mar 1992 00:00

29 Apr 1992 08:30

35d 8h 30m

30y 96d

Steve

Sparks

1961-10-01

839

07 Jun 2018 01:00

28 Aug 2018 14:54

82d 13h 54m

56y 249d

Disability: Blind;

Neil

Blackeby

1961-09-15

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	61y 270d
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	60y 255d
711	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	54y 96d
612	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	52y 80d

Zirk

Botha

1961-08-11

983	C M	I	19 Dec 2020 06:00	27 Feb 2021 01:45	Cape Town (ZA)	Buzios (BR)	69d 19h 45m	3212	1.92	59y 130d
957	Rs	I	05 Dec 2020 00:00	06 Dec 2020 00:00	Cape Town (ZA)	Cape Town (ZA)	1d 0h 0m	15	0.63	59y 116d

Jean Pierre

Lacroix

1961-07-10

414	C M	R	08 Mar 2009 00:00	27 Apr 2009 08:43	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Laurent (GF)	50d 8h 43m	2297	1.9	47y 241d
317	C M	R	19 Nov 2006 00:00	07 Jan 2007 00:00	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Laurent (GF)	49d 0h 0m	2297	1.95	45y 132d

Erden

Eruc

1961-06-14

1004	C T	I	21 Feb 2022 00:16	24 Mar 2022 04:05	Guam (GU)	Legazpi City (PH)	31d 3h 49m	1221	1.63	60y 252d
1004	C T	I	07 Oct 2021 17:27	12 Feb 2022 07:20	Waikiki (US)	Guam (GU)	127d 13h 53m	3311	1.08	60y 115d
1004	C T	I	23 Jun 2021 02:30	11 Sep 2021 07:21	Crescent City (US)	Waikiki (US)	80d 4h 51m	2094	1.09	60y 9d
737	C	R	04 Jun 2016 09:40	28 Jul 2016 13:44	Monterey, California (US)	Waikiki (US)	54d 4h 4m	2084	1.6	54y 356d
687	I	I	23 May 2015 09:11	27 May 2015 14:43	Manhattan (US)	Bishops Rock Lighthouse (UK)	4d 5h 32m	94	0.93	53y 343d
506	C M Ci	I	21 Mar 2012 14:02	27 May 2012 11:12	Guiria (VE)	Cameron (US)	66d 21h 10m	2083	1.3	50y 281d
506	C M Ci	I	10 Oct 2011 12:01	11 Mar 2012 11:54	Luderitz Bay (NA)	Guiria (VE)	152d 23h 53m	5029	1.37	50y 118d
485	C Ci	I	26 Mar 2011 00:00	20 Apr 2011 16:10	Mahajanga (MG)	Cidade de Angoche (MZ)	25d 16h 10m	371	0.6	49y 285d
485	C Ci	I	12 Jul 2010 20:36	26 Nov 2010 08:10	Carnarvon (AU)	Mahajanga (MG)	136d 11h 34m	3796	1.16	49y 28d
437	Ci Ic	I	07 Dec 2009 13:23	09 Jan 2010 13:25	Port Moresby (PG)	Anchor at Mouth of Escape River on Cape York (AU)	33d 0h 2m	277	0.35	48y 176d
341	C T Ci	I	15 Jan 2009 03:00	04 Feb 2009 12:21	0.02634N 144.61426E (PG)	Finsch Harbour (PG)	20d 9h 21m	347	0.71	47y 215d
341	C T Ci	I	10 Jul 2007 00:00	17 May 2008 00:00	Bodega Bay (US)	0.018N 144.618E (PG)	312d 0h 0m	5513	0.74	46y 26d
337	Rs	I	14 Jun 2007 00:00	15 Jun 2007 00:00	Sausalito, California (US)	0.018N 144.618E (PG)	1d 0h 0m	2	0.08	46y 0d
336	Rs	I	05 Jun 2007 00:00	06 Jun 2007 00:00	Pier 41, San Francisco (US)	0.018N 144.618E (PG)	1d 0h 0m	16	0.67	45y 356d
290	C	I	29 Jan 2006 03:24	04 May 2006 23:22	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	Guadeloupe (GP)	95d 19h 58m	2645	1.15	44y 229d
260	T Ic	I	30 Nov 2005 07:28	11 Dec 2005 05:29	Safi (MA)	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)	10d 22h 1m	406	1.55	44y 169d
260	T Ic	I	24 Nov 2005 07:00	26 Nov 2005 14:46	El Jadida (MA)	Safi (MA)	2d 7h 46m	68	1.24	44y 163d
260	T Ic	I	09 Nov 2005 06:31	20 Nov 2005 21:28	Lisbon (PT)	El Jadida (MA)	11d 14h 57m	328	1.18	44y 148d

Links: wiki;

Gary

Fooks

1961-06-10

162

07 Oct 2001 00:00

09 Dec 2001 05:52

63d 5h 52m

40y 119d

Clint

Evans

1961-04-09

286

30 Nov 2005 00:00

20 Jan 2006 02:10

51d 2h 10m

44y 235d

Predrag

Tripković

1961-03-18

946	C U W ms	I	12 Mar 2020 16:30	26 Apr 2020 17:31	Arrecife (ES)	Dégrad des Cannes (GF)	45d 1h 1m	2635	2.44	58y 360d
946	C U W ms	I	04 Mar 2020 16:30	12 Mar 2020 13:03	Portimao (PT)	Arrecife (ES)	7d 20h 33m	550	2.93	58y 352d

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