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Youth solo sailing circumnavigations

Australian Jesse Martin currently holds the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) record for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world, solo, non-stop, and unassisted. Recently the WSSRC have discontinued their endorsement of the age records for youngest (and oldest) circumnavigators.

Sailor Port of departure Date of
departure 		Date
completed 		Duration
(days) 		Age at
completion 		Notes
Robin Lee Graham  USA Los Angeles 14 September 1965 30 April 1970 1689 21 years, 56 days Solo, with stops.
Tania Aebi  USA New York May 1985 6 November 1987 21 years, 30 days Solo, with stops. She had a passenger for a short stretch (80 nm).
Brian Caldwell  USA Honolulu, Hawai`i 1 June 1995 20 September 1996 477 20 years Solo, with stops. Westerly via Panama Canal. Born 1975 (exact date unknown).
David Dicks  AUS Fremantle 26 February 1996 17 November 1996 265 18 years, 42 days Solo, non-stop, with assistance.
Jesse Martin  AUS Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne 8 December 1998 31 October 1999 327 18 years, 66 days Solo, non-stop, and unassisted.
Zac Sunderland  USA Marina del Rey, California 14 June 2008 16 July 2009 396 17 years, 229 days Westerly, via Papua New Guinea, Cape of Good Hope, Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance.
Michael Perham  UK Portsmouth 16 November 2008 27 August 2009 284 17 years, 164 days Easterly, via Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance.
Jessica Watson  AUS Sydney Harbour 18 October 2009 ETA: April/May 2010 Currently underway. Planning to complete voyage solo, non-stop, and unassisted.
Abby Sunderland  USA Marina del Rey, California 23 January 2010 ETA: June/July 2010 Currently underway. Planning to complete voyage solo, non-stop, and unassisted
Laura Dekker  NED Planning to leave in September 2010.


  1. WSSRC. "Other Kinds of Sailing Records". Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. Lionhart by Jesse Martin.
  3. "BJ and His Youngest Single-handed Record". holoholo.org: Marine & Ocean Sports News. From NorthWest Yachting Magazine January 1996. Retrieved 2010-01-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  4. "Youngest solo circumnavigators". www.worldsailingrecords.com. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  5. "Zac Sunderland completes solo sail around the world". LA Times. July 17, 2009.
  6. ^ "British teen becomes youngest to sail world solo". Reuters. Aug 27, 2009.
  7. "Kids today, all they want to do is sail around the world -- alone". LA Times. August 21, 2009.