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Single-Handed Circumnavigators |
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YEAR
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NAME
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NATIONALITY
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VESSEL INFO.
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1895-1898
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Joshua Slocum
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Canadian born/ US citizen
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Spray - 36'7" - cutter
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1921-1925
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Harry Pidgeon
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USA
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Islander - 33'11" - yawl
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1924-1929
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Alain Gerbault
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France
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Firecrest - 39' 4" - cutter
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1928-1932
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Edward Miles
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USA
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Sturdy - 37' - schooner
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1932-1937
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Harry Pidgeon
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USA
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Islander - 34' 5" - yawl
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1936-1938
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Louis Bernicot
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France
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Anahita - 41' - sloop
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1942-1943
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Vito Dumas
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Argentina
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Legh II- 31' 6"
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1949-1952
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Jacques-Yves le Toumelin
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France
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Kurun - 32' 10"
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1950-1958
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Marcel Bardiaux
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France
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Les Quatre Vents - 30' 9" - sloop
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1955-1957
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Jean Gau
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France
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Atom - 30' - ketch
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1955-1959
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John Guzzwell
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England
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Trekka - 20' 6" - yawl
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1959-1960
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Patrik Moore
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New Zealand
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Drifter - 29' 6" - cutter
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1959-1964
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Peter Tangvald
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Norwegian born/ US citizen
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Dorthea - 32' - cutter
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1961-1966
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Michel Mermod
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Switzerland
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Geneva - 25' 1" - sloop
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1962-1965
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William E. Nance
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Austraila
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Cardinal Vertue - 25' 1" - sloop
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1963-1968
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Jean Gau
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France
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Atom - 30' - ketch
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1964-1966
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Pierre Auboiroux
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France
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Neo-Vent - 27' - sloop
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1964-1967
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Frank Casper
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Germany
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Elsie - 29' 5" - cutter
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1964-1969
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Walter Koenig
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Germany
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Zarathustra - 27' - sloop
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1965-1968
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Wilfried Erdman
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Germany
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Kathena - 25'
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1965-1968
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Rusty Webb
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Great Britain
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Flyd - 29' 2" - sloop
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1965-1969
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Alan Eddy
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USA
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Apogee' - 39' 7" - ketch
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1965-1969
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Robin Graham
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USA
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Dove - 23' 11" - sloop
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1965-1969
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Alfred Kallies
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Germany
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Pru - 25' 1"
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1966-1969
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Sir Francis Chichester
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England
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Gypsy Moth IV - 54'
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1966- 1969
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Leonid Teliga
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Poland
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Opty - 34' 2" - yawl
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1966-1970
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John Sowden
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USA
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Tarmin - 24' 7" - sloop
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1966-1973
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Nicholas Clifton
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Great Britain
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Stardrift - 30' 6" - cutter
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1966-1974
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Wolfgang Hausner
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Austria
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Taboo - 31' 10" - sloop
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1967-1968
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Roger Plisson
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France
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Francois-Virginie - 24' - sloop
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1967-1968
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Sir Alec Rose
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England
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Lively Lady - 36' - yawl
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1967-1970
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Rollo Gebhard
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Germany
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Solveig III - 24' 3" - sloop
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1968-1969
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Robin Knox-Johnson
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England
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Suhaili - 33' 6" - ketch
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1968-1969
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Bernard Moitessier
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France
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Joshua - 39' 7" - ketch
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1968-1969
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Nigel Tetley
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Great Britain
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Victress - 33' 5"
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1968-1971
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Tom Blackwell
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Great Britain
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Islander - 58' 7" - ketch
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1970-1971
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Chay Blyth
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Great Britain
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British Steel - 59' - ketch
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1970-1973
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Bill King
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Great Britain
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Galway Blazer II - 42" - junk rigged schooner
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1971-1972
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Jorgen Meyer
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Germany
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Paloma - 34' 7" - sloop
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1971-1973
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Goran Cederstrom
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Sweden
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Tua Tua - 27' 5" - sloop
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1971-1974
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Hiroshi Aoki
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Japan
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Ahodori - 21' 1" - yawl
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1971-1974
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Graeme Dillon
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Great Britain
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Mayfly - 29' 11" - cutter
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1972-1974
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Krystof Baranowsky
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Poland
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Polonez - 45' 3" - ketch
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1972-1973
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Richard Konkolski
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Czechoslovakia
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Nike - 24' 4" - yawl
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1972-1975
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John Struchinsky
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France
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Bonadventure de Lys - 25' 3"
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1973-1974
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Alain Colas
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France
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Manureva - 70' - ketch
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1973-1974
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Ambrogia Fogar
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Italy
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Suprise - 38' 9" - sloop
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1973-1974
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Kenichi Horie
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Japan
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Mermaid III - 28' 1" - sloop
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1973-1974
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Ryusuke Ushijima
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Japan
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Giingitsune- 31' - ketch
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1973-1976
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Paul Graute
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Germany
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Albatros - 28' 8" - sloop
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1974-1975
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Julius Heinrich Henze
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Germany
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Leda II - 24' 7" - sloop
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1974-1976
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Utz Muller-Treu
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Germany
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Frauken - 39' 4" - cutter
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1976-1977
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Krystyna Chojnowska-Liekiewicz
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Poland
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Mazurek
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1977-1978
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Naomi James
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New Zealand
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Express Crusader -53'4"
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