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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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Eamonn

Kavanagh

1954-02-14

Expedition Number	Status	Race / Ind	Depart	Arrival	From	To	Duration	Distance [NM]	Avg. S [kt]	Age at start
91	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	09 Dec 1997 04:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	58d 4h 0m	2550	1.83	43y 240d

Related: Peter Kavanagh (brother);

Nikolai

Wedemeye

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

22 Oct 1997 00:00

10d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Andrew

Watson

0001-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

15 Dec 1997 00:00

64d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Rob

Hamill

1964-01-04

12 Oct 1997 00:00

22 Nov 1997 02:55

41d 2h 55m

33y 281d

Richard

Duckworth

1969-03-19

12 Oct 1997 00:00

04 Jan 1998 00:00

84d 0h 0m

28y 207d

Neil

Hitt

1967-06-29

12 Oct 1997 00:00

09 Dec 1997 15:00

58d 15h 0m

30y 105d

Danniel

Innes

12 Oct 1997 00:00

12 Dec 1997 03:00

61d 3h 0m

27y 19798d

Jock

Wishart

1956-02-06

86	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	14 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	63d 0h 0m	2550	1.69	41y 248d
505	Ic	I	28 Jul 2011 00:00	06 Sep 2011 00:00	Nunavut (CA)	Magnetic North Pole '96 (CA)	40d 0h 0m	202	0.21	55y 172d

Geoff

Gavey

1963-06-16

12 Oct 1997 00:00

15 Dec 1997 07:00

64d 7h 0m

34y 118d

Nigel

Garbett

0000-01-01

12 Oct 1997 00:00

13 Oct 1997 00:00

1d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Isabel (Duckworth)

Fraser

1975-08-23

12 Oct 1997 00:00

04 Jan 1998 00:00

84d 0h 0m

22y 50d

David

Immelman

12 Oct 1997 00:00

18 Dec 1997 00:00

67d 0h 0m

27y 19798d

Graham

Walters

1947-07-17

87	C	R	12 Oct 1997 00:00	13 Dec 1997 04:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	62d 4h 0m	2550	1.71	50y 87d
156	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	23 Dec 2001 21:02	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	77d 21h 2m	2554	1.37	54y 82d
215	C	I	29 Oct 2003 00:00	26 Jan 2004 06:15	Playa Santiago (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	89d 6h 15m	2529	1.18	56y 104d
291	Ic	I	30 Jan 2006 00:29	05 Feb 2006 00:29	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	El Hierro (ES)	6d 0h 0m	46	0.32	58y 197d
331	C	I	03 Feb 2007 00:00	13 May 2007 08:38	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	St Barts (BL)	99d 8h 38m	2842	1.19	59y 201d
728	I	I	29 Jan 2016 00:00	14 Feb 2016 23:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	16d 23h 0m	1500	3.69	68y 196d
772	I	I	18 Feb 2017 00:00	20 Feb 2017 00:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	2d 0h 0m	43	0.9	69y 216d
943	C T	I	25 Jan 2020 07:00	29 Apr 2020 15:00	Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES)	Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG)	95d 8h 0m	2631	1.15	72y 192d

Links: wiki;

Steve

Issacs

1965-02-27

102

12 Oct 1997 12:00

09 Dec 1997 23:00

58d 11h 0m

32y 227d

John

Searson

1962-02-02

101

12 Oct 1997 12:00

11 Dec 1997 05:00

59d 17h 0m

35y 252d

Mark

Stubbs

1964-03-03

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
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
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

Carl

Clinton

0000-01-01

101

12 Oct 1997 12:00

11 Dec 1997 05:00

59d 17h 0m

0y 0d

Charles

Street

1952-02-20

103

12 Oct 1997 14:00

17 Dec 1997 00:00

65d 10h 0m

45y 234d

Roger

Gould

1955-04-20

103	C	R	12 Oct 1997 14:00	17 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	65d 10h 0m	2550	1.62	42y 175d
493	C	I	31 Jan 2011 00:00	14 Mar 2011 17:54	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	42d 17h 54m	2601	2.54	55y 286d

Stein

Hoff

1945-08-29

106	C	R	12 Oct 1997 18:00	20 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	68d 6h 0m	2550	1.56	52y 44d
184	C M	I	10 Aug 2002 00:00	14 Nov 2002 12:45	Belem (PT)	Georgetown (GY)	96d 12h 45m	3279	1.42	56y 346d
734	I	I	15 May 2016 00:00	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Battery Park, New York (US)	Battery Park, New York (US)	83d 6h 0m	0	0	70y 260d

Louis

Hunkin

105

12 Oct 1997 18:00

17 Dec 1997 00:00

65d 6h 0m

27y 19797d

Michael

Elliot

0001-01-01

105

12 Oct 1997 18:00

17 Dec 1997 00:00

65d 6h 0m

0y 0d

Arvid

Benston

0001-01-01

106

12 Oct 1997 18:00

20 Dec 1997 00:00

68d 6h 0m

0y 0d

Dave

Jackson

1969-07-11

104

12 Oct 1997 18:00

20 Dec 1997 00:00

68d 6h 0m

28y 93d

Jim

Shekhdar

1946-11-13

104	C	R	12 Oct 1997 18:00	20 Dec 1997 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	68d 6h 0m	2550	1.56	50y 333d
129	C	I	29 Jun 2000 00:00	29 Mar 2001 13:12	Ilo (PE)	N Sradbroke (AU)	273d 13h 12m	7038	1.07	53y 229d
197	I	I	16 Oct 2003 00:00	16 Oct 2003 18:20	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	0d 18h 20m	43	2.39	56y 337d
216	I	I	04 Nov 2003 00:00	18 Nov 2003 00:00	Bluff (NZ)	Bluff (NZ)	14d 0h 0m	0	0	56y 356d

Links: wiki;

Casey

Dunn

0001-01-01

108

I
K

23 Nov 1997 00:01

26 Nov 1997 00:01

3d 0h 0m

0y 0d

John

Walker

0001-01-01

108

I
K

23 Nov 1997 00:01

26 Nov 1997 00:01

3d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Peggy

Bouchet

1973-06-06

109	I	I	10 Mar 1998 00:00	28 May 1998 00:00	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	79d 0h 0m	2606	1.37	24y 277d
122	C	I	18 Nov 1999 00:00	04 Jan 2000 20:00	Cape Verde (CV)	Martinique (MQ)	47d 20h 0m	2036	1.77	26y 165d

Richard

Jones

1943-07-07

112	I	I	24 Sep 1998 00:00	27 Sep 1998 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Los Gigantes (ES)	3d 0h 0m	0	0	55y 79d
133	C	I	10 Oct 2000 00:00	20 Feb 2001 00:00	Los Gigantes (ES)	Ragged Island (BS)	133d 0h 0m	3193	1	57y 95d

Roy

Finlay

0001-01-01

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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d
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	0y 0d

Arnaud

Guiot

0000-01-01

115

06 Dec 1998 00:00

13 Dec 1998 00:00

7d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Elisabeth

Hoff

0000-01-01

116

07 Feb 1999 00:00

17 Feb 1999 00:00

10d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Diana

Hoff

1944-05-01

120

13 Sep 1999 00:00

04 Jan 2000 00:00

113d 0h 0m

55y 135d

Patrick

Lihurt

1955-11-04

123

09 Dec 1999 00:00

14 Feb 2000 15:00

67d 15h 0m

44y 35d

Emmanuel

Coindre

1972-11-11

124	C K	I	12 Dec 1999 00:01	20 Mar 2000 05:16	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Barbados (BB)	99d 5h 15m	2596	1.09	27y 31d
135	C	I	15 Apr 2001 00:00	11 Jun 2001 04:30	Puerto de Mogan (ES)	Guadeloupe (GP)	57d 4h 30m	2625	1.91	28y 155d
183	C	I	29 Jul 2002 00:00	24 Oct 2002 13:59	Chatham (US)	I. d'Ouessant (FR)	87d 13h 59m	2697	1.28	29y 260d
196	I	I	26 Jul 2003 00:00	27 Jul 2003 23:41	Chatham (US)	Chatham (US)	1d 23h 41m	59	1.26	30y 257d
218	C	I	04 Jan 2004 00:00	05 Jan 2004 12:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	El Hierro (ES)	1d 12h 0m	46	1.28	31y 54d
218	C	I	07 Jan 2004 10:06	19 Feb 2004 00:38	Restinga Del Hierro (ES)	Guadeloupe (GP)	42d 14h 32m	2507	2.45	31y 57d
238	C	I	09 Jul 2004 16:36	10 Sep 2004 12:24	Chatham (US)	I. d'Ouessant (FR)	62d 19h 48m	2697	1.79	31y 241d
253	C	I	24 Jun 2005 00:00	31 Oct 2005 17:22	Choshi (JP)	Coos Bay (US)	129d 17h 22m	5203	1.67	32y 225d
312	I	R	19 Nov 2006 00:00	05 Dec 2006 00:00	Saint Louis (SN)	Saint Louis (SN)	16d 0h 0m	0	0	34y 8d
598	C	I	30 Nov 2013 00:00	25 Jan 2014 07:29	Carnarvon (AU)	Reunion (RE)	56d 7h 29m	3182	2.36	41y 19d
890	C	I	17 Apr 2019 08:00	14 Jun 2019 08:30	Dakar (SN)	Dégrad des Cannes (GF)	58d 0h 30m	2142	1.54	46y 157d

Peter

Bray

0001-01-01

125	I K	I	01 Jan 2000 00:00	01 Jan 2000 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	0d 0h 0m	0	0	0y 0d
140	C K	I	22 Jun 2001 00:01	03 Sep 2001 00:01	St. John’s (CA)	County Mayo (IE)	73d 0h 0m	1654	0.94	0y 0d
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	0y 0d
435	I	I	08 Jul 2009 00:00	19 Aug 2009 00:00	St. John’s (CA)	St. John’s (CA)	42d 0h 0m	1180	1.17	0y 0d

Dominic

Pichon

0001-01-01

126

23 Jan 2000 00:00

09 Feb 2000 00:00

17d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Chris

Tipper

0001-01-01

128	K Ci Ic	I	30 May 2000 00:01	20 Jun 2000 00:01	Tarawa (KI)	Auki (SB)	21d 0h 0m	928	1.84	0y 0d
128	K Ci Ic	I	22 Jun 2000 00:00	23 Jun 2000 00:00	Auki (SB)	Tulagi (SB)	1d 0h 0m	94	3.92	0y 0d

April

Abril

0001-01-01

130

C
K
Ci

18 Jul 2000 00:01

16 Aug 2000 00:01

29d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Colleen

Cronin

0001-01-01

131

28 Jul 2000 00:00

23 Aug 2000 00:00

26d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Vyatcheslav

Kavtchenko Vyatcheslav Kavtchenko

0001-01-01

134

31 Mar 2001 00:00

08 Apr 2001 00:00

8d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Dom

Mee

0001-01-01

136	I	I	05 May 2001 00:00	17 Sep 2001 00:00	Choshi (JP)	Choshi (JP)	135d 0h 0m	4792	1.48	0y 0d
329	C	I	14 Jan 2007 00:00	20 Feb 2007 08:03	Porto Tazacorte (ES)	Barbados (BB)	37d 8h 3m	2493	2.78	0y 0d

Nenad

Belic

0001-01-01

137

L
I

11 May 2001 00:00

30 Sep 2001 00:00

142d 0h 0m

0y 0d

Ikuo

Tateo

138	C W K	I	16 Jun 2001 00:01	12 Aug 2001 18:30	Newport Beach (US)	Waikiki (US)	57d 18h 29m	2236	1.61	23y 16994d
232	I W K	I	15 Apr 2004 00:01	03 May 2004 00:01	Hirono (JP)	Hirono (JP)	18d 0h 0m	0	0	20y 14865d

Matt

Goodman

1970-04-10

169	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	18 Nov 2001 02:16	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	42d 2h 16m	2554	2.53	31y 180d
209	C	R	19 Oct 2003 00:00	28 Nov 2003 14:28	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	40d 14h 28m	2534	2.6	33y 192d

Denis

Bribosia

1965-12-01

155

07 Oct 2001 00:00

18 Dec 2001 04:08

72d 4h 8m

35y 310d

Paul

Perchard

1966-03-07

163

07 Oct 2001 00:00

08 Dec 2001 05:42

62d 5h 42m

35y 214d

Related: Kerry Blandin (uncle);

Gregory

Loret

1975-12-07

155	C	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	18 Dec 2001 04:08	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Port St. Charles (BB)	72d 4h 8m	2554	1.47	25y 304d
210	I	R	19 Oct 2003 00:00	21 Oct 2003 00:00	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES)	2d 0h 0m	0	0	27y 316d

Jonathan

Gornall

0001-01-01

149	I	R	07 Oct 2001 00:00	23 Nov 2001 00:00	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES)	47d 0h 0m	1308	1.16	0y 0d
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	0y 0d

Tony

Day

1945-07-12

145

07 Oct 2001 00:00

30 Dec 2001 18:56

84d 18h 56m

56y 87d

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