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21List of sailors — This list of sailors includes any seagoing person who does not qualify for the list of naval commanders and/or list of sea captains. It includes both professional and amateur sailors.Explorers*Ernest Shackleton. Antarctic, was 3rd Mate in Union… …
22Michael Perham — For the current Bishop of Gloucester, see Michael Perham (bishop). Michael Perham Perham aboard his boat before setting off on his around the world attempt, 15 November 2008 Born 16 March 1992 ( …
23Mark Mendelblatt — Personal information Nationality US Born February 19, 1973 (1973 02 19) (age 38) St. Petersburg, Florida Residence St. Petersburg, Florida Height 6 ft …
24Over-canvassed sailing — A sailing boat that is carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions is said to be over canvassed. An over canvassed boat, whether a dinghy, a yacht or a sailing ship, is difficult to steer and control and tends to heel or roll too much …
25Laser (dinghy) — Infobox Sailboat Specifications caption = numberofcrew = One loa = 4064 mm (13 10 ) lwl = 3810 mm (12 6 ) beam = 1422 mm (4 7 ) draft = 787 mm (2 7 ) hull = 59 kg (130 lb) mainsailandjib= mastheight = mainsail = 7.06 msu|p=2 (75 ftsu|p=2) jib =… …
26Denys Rayner — in 1943 Denys Arthur Rayner DSC Bar, VRD, RNVR (9 February 1908 4 January 1967) fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful designer and builder of small… …
27Coutts, Russell — ▪ 2001 To celebrate his 38th birthday, on March 1, 2000, yachtsman Russell Coutts tied a 97 year old record when he skippered Team New Zealand to its ninth straight winning race with him at the helm in the America s Cup sailing competition …
28Chay Blyth — Sir Charles Blyth, CBE, BEM (born 14 May 1940), known as Chay Blyth, is a Scottish yachtsman and rower. He was the first person to sail non stop westwards around the world (1971), on a 59 foot boat called British Steel. Contents 1 Early life 2… …
29Bruce Kirby (yachts) — Bruce Kirby was born and raised in Ottawa and began sailing on Lac Deschenes with his father and older brother David. He likes to say he was late getting started because he was born in January and didn t get sailing until June.When he was 8 and… …
30Mike Golding — (born 27 August 1960 educated at Reading Blue Coat School) is an English yachtsman. He is one of the few yachtsmen to have raced round the world non stop in both directions. He held the solo record for sailing round the world westabout (the most… …
