single-handed sailor

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• Single-handed sailing — The sport of single handed sailing is sailing with only one crewmember (ie. only one person on board the vessel). The term is usually used with reference to ocean and long distance sailing, and particularly competitive sailing. Terminology In… …   Wikipedia

• Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race — The Single handed Trans Atlantic Race, or STAR, is an east to west yacht race across the North Atlantic. When inaugurated in 1960, it was the first single handed ocean yacht race; it is run from Plymouth to the USA, and is held every four years.… …   Wikipedia

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• Michael Blackburn (sailor) — Olympic medal record Men s sailing Bronze Sydney 2000 Laser class Michael Blackburn (born 27 May 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Olympic medallist and sailor. He is well known for his crossing of Bass Strait in a Laser dinghy.… …   Wikipedia

• John Ridgway (sailor) — John Ridgway, MBE, (born 1938), is a British yachtsman and rower.Ridgway was educated at Pangbourne Nautical College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1966, whilst a Captain in the Parachute Regiment, Ridgway, together with Chay Blyth,… …   Wikipedia

• Malcolm Page (sailor) — Olympic medalist Malcolm Page (sailor) Medal record Competitor for  Austral …   Wikipedia

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• Francis Chichester — Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972), aviator and sailor, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single handed around the world by the clipper route, and the fastest… …   Wikipedia

• Herbert Hasler — Lt. Col. Herbert George Blondie Hasler DSO OBE (27 February 1914 – 5 May 1987) was a distinguished Royal Marines officer in World War II, responsible for many of the concepts which led to the post war incarnation of the Special Boat Service, a… …   Wikipedia

• Vito Dumas — (September 26, 1900 March 28, 1965) was an Argentine single handed sailor.In 1942, while the world was in the depths of World War II, he set out on a single handed circumnavigation of the Southern Ocean. He left Buenos Aires in June, sailing Lehg …   Wikipedia