Kenichi Horie - oldest person to complete a solo nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10886377/Japanese-adventurer-83-oldest-person-complete-solo-nonstop-voyage-Pacific.html

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kenichi-horie-solo-pacific-sail-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/sailing/2022/06/05/pacific-ocean-kenichi-horie-solo/7523599001/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/04/japanese-man-kenichi-horie-83-becomes-oldest-person-sail-solo-non-stop-across-pacific

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/05/breaking-news/at-83-japanese-becomes-oldest-to-sail-solo-across-pacific/

"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