Youth solo sailing circumnavigations

Abby Sunderland Abigail Jillian Sunderland (born October 19, 1993) is an American former sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. Early life The second-eldest of Marianne and Laurence Sunderland's eight childr ...

attempted on her boat ''Wild Eyes'' through a planned easterly circumnavigation in 2010 but did not complete due to bad weather on the remote area northeast of

Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large ...

. Since the Jesse Martin voyage, records claimed for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world are not recognized by the

World Sailing Speed Record Council The World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) was founded in 1972, initially to ratify records at the inaugural Weymouth Speed Week held every year since in Portland Harbor.The WSSRC is the body authorized by the World Sailing (formerly Internati ...

, nor by any other formal council. Therefore, the strict route requirements of the WSSRC are not being followed for this list, and it is deemed sufficient for the sailors to cross all longitudes and the equator, before crossing their own path again. Unassisted sailing essentially means that the sail boat does not dock in harbors, or with other boats and does not get equipment from outside during the voyage.

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Youth solo sailing circumnavigations

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