https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kenichi-horie-solo-pacific-sail-intl-hnk/index.html
"Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean — and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet"
The 83-year-old solo sailor departed San Francisco on March 26 - arriving in Japan on June 4.
https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/kenichihoriepeoplepage.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Horie
- Born September 8, 1938 in Osaka
- In 1962 he became the first person to sail solo and non-stop across the Pacific Ocean