83-year-old yachtsman Horie becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

83-year-old yachtsman Horie becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie attends a press conference in Nishinomiya on June 5, 2022, following his nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to the western Japan city across the Pacific with his Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, became the oldest person to do so.

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            Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 84, prepares to board his Suntory Mermaid III yacht at a harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Dec. 5, 2022. Horie became the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June 2022, when he was 83.
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                Yachtsman Horie

                Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 84, is pictured beside his Suntory Mermaid III yacht at a harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Dec. 5, 2022. Horie became the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June 2022, when he was 83.
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                  Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie attends a press conference in Nishinomiya on June 5, 2022, following his nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to the western Japan city across the Pacific with his Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, became the oldest person to do so.
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                    Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses at a yacht harbor in Nishinomiya on June 5, 2022, following his nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to the western Japan city across the Pacific with his Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, became the oldest person to do so.
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                      83-year-old yachtsman Horie becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

                      Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses at a yacht harbor in Nishinomiya on June 5, 2022, following his nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to the western Japan city across the Pacific with his Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, became the oldest person to do so.