Famous yacht sailors

Robin Knox-Johnston 

Sir William Robert Patrick "Robin" Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD and bar (born 17 March 1939) is an English sailor. In 1969 he became the first person to perform a single-handed non=stop circumnavigation of the globe and was the second winner of the Jules Verne Trophy, together with Sir Peter Blake.

For this he was awarded with Blake the ISAF Yachtsman of the Year award. In 2007 he became, at 67, the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world sole voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race.

Circumnavigation of the Earth

On 14 June 1968 Robin Knox-Johnston left Falmouth in his 32-foot (9.8 metre) boat Suhaili, one of the smallest boats to enter the Sunday Times Golden Race. Despite losing his self-steering gear off Australia, he rounded^[각주:1] Cape Horn on 17 January 1969, 29 days before his closest competitor Bernard Moitessier. Moitessier had sailed from Plymouth more than two months after Knox-Johnson, but he subsequently abandoned the race and instead sailed on to Tahiti. The other seven competitors dropped out at various stages, leaving Knox-Johnston to win the race and become officially the first person to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and single-handed on 22 April 1969, the day he returned to Falmouth. Knox-Johnston donated his prize money for fastest competitor to the family of Donald Crowhurst, who committed suicide after attempting to fake a round the world voyage. 

In recognition of his achievement, he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE^[각주:2]).

Kay Cottee

AO (born 25 January 1954) is an Australian sailor, who was the first woman to perform a single-handed, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world. She performed this feat in 1988 in her 37 feet (11m) yacht Blackmores First Lady, taking 189 days.

Solo circumnavigation 

On 5 June 1988 at age 34, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and unassisted when she sailed through Sydney heads. She was greeted by tens of thousands of well-wishers. Cottee had left the harbour 189 days earlier, on 29 November 1987.

The historic voyage on her 37 ft Blackmores First Lady was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman and the first solo, non-stop and unassisted voyage around the world by a woman.

In the Southern Ocean, Cottee's boat was knocked down continuously and she was washed overboard. When Cottee rounded Cape Horn, the southernmost tip off South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and self baked bread, and a bottle of Grange, a prestigious Australian wine.

Cottee and her major sponsor Blackmores Limited used the voyage to raise over $1M for the Rev. Ted Noffs' Life Education Program. Cottee also undertook an 18-month national schools tour, speaking to over 40,000 senior high school students, imparting the message you can achieve your dreams if you work steadily towards them.

Thomas Coville

(Born 10 May 1969) is a French yacht racer.

Coville was born in Rennes. He participated in significant offshore races and record attempts. In April 2012, he achieved 7 circumnavigations of the world, on mono or multihulls, single-handed or as sought-after helmsman. He holds the around the world sailing record single-handed on the trimaran Sodebo Ultim in 49 days 3 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds.

1. round ; 1. [타동사][VN] (모퉁이・커브 등을) 돌다 [본문으로]
2. CBE ; [명사] 대영제국 훈작사(Commander (of the Order) of the British Empire: 특별한 공로가 있는 사람에게 주는 영국의 훈장) [본문으로]