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10th Vendee Globe - Les Sables d'Olonne

French yachtsman Loïck Peyron at the village of the 10th Vendee Globe, in Les Sables d Olonne, France, on November 09, 2024. The start of the single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world yacht race is scheduled for 10 November 2024. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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10th Vendee Globe - Les Sables d'Olonne

French yachtsman Loïck Peyron at the village of the 10th Vendee Globe, in Les Sables d Olonne, France, on November 09, 2024. The start of the single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world yacht race is scheduled for 10 November 2024. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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10th Vendee Globe - Les Sables d'Olonne

French yachtsman Loïck Peyron at the village of the 10th Vendee Globe, in Les Sables d Olonne, France, on November 09, 2024. The start of the single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world yacht race is scheduled for 10 November 2024. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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10th Vendee Globe - Les Sables d'Olonne

French yachtsman Loïck Peyron at the village of the 10th Vendee Globe, in Les Sables d Olonne, France, on November 09, 2024. The start of the single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world yacht race is scheduled for 10 November 2024. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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10th Vendee Globe - Les Sables d'Olonne

French yachtsman Loïck Peyron at the village of the 10th Vendee Globe, in Les Sables d Olonne, France, on November 09, 2024. The start of the single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world yacht race is scheduled for 10 November 2024. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yachtsman Horie

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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Interview with yachtsman Horie

Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 84, gives an interview in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Dec. 5, 2022, after becoming the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June 2022, when he was 83.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, raises his hand as he arrives at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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Missing one-armed Japanese yachtsman found safe on Phuket

PHUKET, Thailand - Photo shows Akio Yonago, 62, a one-armed Japanese yachtsman confirmed safe on Phuket Island, Thailand, June 18 by the Japanese Embassy in the country after having gone missing April 28 when he sailed from the Seychelles, a group of islands off eastern Africa.

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77-yr Japanese yachtsman abandons nonstop around-the-world voyage

OSAKA, Japan - Ikuo Kashima, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, has given up an attempt to become the oldest man to sail nonstop around the world solo, asking to be rescued off Tasmania Island, Australia, his supporters said on May 5. Kashima set sail aboard his 13.92-ton yacht Koraasa 77 in a photo taken on August 6, 2006 off Misaki, Osaka.

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Yachtsman Horie to sail nonstop around the world in 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Horie, a two-time round-the-world yachtsman from Japan, announces in Tokyo on July 3 he will take up a new challenge in October next year when he sets out on a solo nonstop voyage around the world, this time on an eastbound trip around Cape Horn.

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Yachtsman Horie returns home

OSAKA, Japan - Kenichi Horie, a six-time trans-Pacific solo sailor from Japan, shows a certificate of honor he received from the city of San Francisco at a news conference on returning to Osaka on July 26. Horie left Japan on May 12 on his MALT's Mermaid 3 and arrive in San Francisco on July 17 in a two-month journey that recreated his historic solo trip across the Pacific in 1962.

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Yachtsman Horie visits ex-San Francisco mayor's tomb

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie offers flowers at the tombstone of former San Francisco Mayor George Christopher on the outskirts of San Francisco on July 18, one day after completing a two-month solo voyage across the Pacific. Christopher, who died in September 2000, welcomed Horie as a hero in 1962 when he first accomplished the trans-Pacific solo voyage although he did not have a passport or visa.

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(2)Yachtsman Horie completes 7th solo trans-Pacific voyage

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Kenichi Horie is surrounded by reporters at San Francisco port on July 17 after completing a two-month voyage across the Pacific aboard his yacht MALT's Mermaid 3. The Mermaid 3 is made of recycled beer cans, whiskey barrels, plastic bottles and other materials. It is the same shape and size as the boat Horie used in his first Pacific voyage 40 years ago. The adventurer has made seven solo trips across the Pacific.

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Japanese yachtsman Horie sailing solo in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie waves his cap while sailing solo in the Pacific Ocean some 110 kilometers west of Hachijojima Island on May 15. Horie left Shin-Nishinomiya harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 12 for a 10,000-kilometer voyage to San Francisco in a boat made from recycled materials.

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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.

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Yachtsman sets sail for solo around-the-globe voyage

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese yachtsman Ikuo Tateo, 59, leaves Miwazaki port in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, for a solo, around-the-world yacht trip without making any port calls. Tateo, a native of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, hopes to complete the 50,000-kilometer journey in 300 days, returning home next June.

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Club Med catamaran to circumnavigate globe in yacht race

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese yachtsman Toru Kikuchi will crew the catamaran ''Club Med'' when it vies for the fastest sailing time around the world in what participants call ''The Race,'' an unprecedented regatta with no limits on boat or crew size. Kikuchi will be one of 14 crew members aboard the vessel. The picture shows the sailboat off Brittany, France on May 19.

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Yachtsman embarks on 2nd try at around-the-world trip

OSAKA, Japan - A 69-year-old Japanese yachtsman embarks on July 20 on his second attempt to sail solo around the world. ''I really want to succeed this time,'' said Ikuo Kashima, before setting sail from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in the town of Misaki, Osaka Prefecture, in his 13.92-ton yacht Koraasa-70. Kashima plans to sail across the Pacific around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, past the southern coasts of Africa and south of Australia's Tasmania island before heading back to Japan.

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Trans-Pacific adventurer heading to Japan

Japanese adventurer and yachtsman Kenichi Horie waves his right hand aboard the MALT'S Mermaid II yacht in waters near Okinawa Island on June 26 en route for Japan from San Francisco on a solo journey. Horie plans to reach Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in western Japan, the world's longest suspension bridge, in early July.

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Yachtsman Horie lectures via Internet

Students at Hasuda Junior High School in Saitama Prefecture watch Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie (C on background screen), making a solo yacht voyage to Japan from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, give a talk about the sea via the Internet on April 28. Students of Moanalua High School in Honolulu also participated in the event.

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Oldest yachtsman to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese yachtman Kenichi Horie holds a Guinness World Records certificate during a ceremony on his 84th birthday on Sept. 8, 2022, in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, for becoming the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June.

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Oldest yachtsman to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese yachtman Kenichi Horie poses at a ceremony in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2022, his 84th birthday, as Guinness World Records certified him as the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie waves from his Suntory Mermaid III yacht 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. 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 (C) is congratulated by people 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 receives a bouquet at a ceremony 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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Trans-Pacific solo voyage by Japanese yachtsman

Kenichi Horie, an 83-year-old Japanese yachtsman, waves as he departs from San Francisco on March 26, 2022, for Nishinomiya, western Japan, in an attempt to sail solo nonstop across the Pacific Ocean.

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Trans-Pacific solo voyage by Japanese yachtsman

Kenichi Horie, an 83-year-old Japanese yachtsman, holds up the national flag on his yacht as he is set to depart from San Francisco on March 26, 2022, for Nishinomiya, western Japan, in an attempt to sail solo nonstop across the Pacific Ocean.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie is pictured at Osaka airport in western Japan on March 15, 2022, prior to flying to San Francisco to attempt a nonstop solo voyage from the U.S. city to the western Japan city of Nishinomiya from March to June on the Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if successful.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie waves at Osaka airport in western Japan on March 15, 2022, prior to flying to San Francisco to attempt a nonstop solo voyage from the U.S. city to the western Japan city of Nishinomiya from March to June on the Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if successful.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses at Osaka airport in western Japan on March 15, 2022, prior to flying to San Francisco to attempt a nonstop solo voyage from the U.S. city to the western Japan city of Nishinomiya from March to June on the Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if successful.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie is pictured at Osaka airport in western Japan on March 15, 2022, prior to flying to San Francisco to attempt a nonstop solo voyage from the U.S. city to the western Japan city of Nishinomiya from March to June on the Suntory Mermaid III yacht. The 83-year-old, the first person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if successful.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2022, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, shows Suntory Mermaid III, a yacht being used by Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie for an attempt on a nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to the western Japan city from March to June 2022. The 83-year-old, known for being the first to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if successful.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie meets the press on Jan. 24, 2022, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in front of Suntory Mermaid III, a yacht he will use in an attempt on a nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to the western Japan city from March to June 2022. The 83-year-old, known for being the first to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if successful.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses for a photo on Jan. 24, 2022, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in front of Suntory Mermaid III, a yacht he will use in an attempt on a nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to the western Japan city from March to June 2022. The 83-year-old, known for being the first to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if successful.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021, announcing a plan to embark on a nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to Nishinomiya, western Japan, from March to June 2022. The 83-year-old, known for successfully sailing the Pacific solo and nonstop for the first time in the world in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if the new adventure ends in success.

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Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021, announcing a plan to embark on a nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to Nishinomiya, western Japan, from March to June 2022. The 83-year-old, known for successfully sailing the Pacific solo and nonstop for the first time in the world in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if the new adventure ends in success.

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Yachtsman embarks on 2nd try at around-the-world trip+

OSAKA, Japan - A 69-year-old Japanese yachtsman embarks on July 20 on his second attempt to sail solo around the world. ''I really want to succeed this time,'' said Ikuo Kashima, before setting sail from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in the town of Misaki, Osaka Prefecture, in his 13.92-ton yacht Koraasa-70. Kashima plans to sail across the Pacific around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, past the southern coasts of Africa and south of Australia's Tasmania island before heading back to Japan.

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Missing one-armed Japanese yachtsman found safe on Phuket

PHUKET, Thailand - Photo shows Akio Yonago, 62, a one-armed Japanese yachtsman confirmed safe on Phuket Island, Thailand, June 18 by the Japanese Embassy in the country after having gone missing April 28 when he sailed from the Seychelles, a group of islands off eastern Africa. (Kyodo)

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77-yr Japanese yachtsman abandons nonstop around-the-world voyag

OSAKA, Japan - Ikuo Kashima, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, has given up an attempt to become the oldest man to sail nonstop around the world solo, asking to be rescued off Tasmania Island, Australia, his supporters said on May 5. Kashima set sail aboard his 13.92-ton yacht Koraasa 77 in a photo taken on August 6, 2006 off Misaki, Osaka. (Kyodo)

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions. (Kyodo)

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions. (Kyodo)

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, raises his hand as he arrives at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions. (Kyodo)