Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000973264
  • Registered date
  • 2022/6/04 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2022 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2705 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.21(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

    Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

    Ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie returns to Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbor in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.
      Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

      Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

      Ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie waves upon his return to Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbor in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.
        Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

        Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

        Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.
          Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

          Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

          Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.
            Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

            Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

            Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.
              Solo trans-Pacific sailor Horie's yacht returns to Japan

              Solo trans-Pacific sailor Horie's yacht returns to Japan

              KOBE, Japan - Kenichi Horie, a seven-time trans-Pacific sailor from Japan, welcomes his yacht, which he had captained to San Francisco, at the port of Kobe on Aug. 14. Horie, 63, completed his two-month trans-Pacific voyage on his MALT's Mermaid 3 from Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan to San Francisco on July 17. He then returned to Japan and waited while the boat was transported back in a container ship.
                Japan yachtsman Horie sets sail on solo voyage to U.S.

                Japan yachtsman Horie sets sail on solo voyage to U.S.

                KOBE, Japan - Renowned Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 63, waves as he leaves Shin-Nishinomiya harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 12 for a 10,000-kilometer voyage to San Francisco on board MALT'S Mermaid 3, which is made of recycled material. Horie's date of departure and route are the same as in 1962 when he first successfully sailed across the Pacific Ocean.
                  Horie begins transpacific voyage aboard recycled yacht

                  Horie begins transpacific voyage aboard recycled yacht

                  Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie waves his hand at well-wishers in San Francisco on March 28 as he begins a solo journey to Japan from the Golden Gate Bridge aboard the MALT'S Mermaid II, a yacht made from recycled materials. Horie plans to reach Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in western Japan, the world's longest suspension bridge, in early July by way of Hawaii.