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==Yachting achievements== |
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===Circumnavigation of UK and Ireland=== |
===Circumnavigation of UK and Ireland=== |
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[[File:Marathon Feeling 1350 yacht World Challenge 2015.JPG|The ''Marathon'', moored on the DC pontoon in [[Dartmouth, Devon]], in the afternoon of 24 |
[[File:Marathon Feeling 1350 yacht World Challenge 2015.JPG|The ''Marathon'', moored on the DC pontoon in [[Dartmouth, Devon]], in the afternoon of 24 October 2015, prior to White's departure for his solo circumnavigation|thumb]] |
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[[File:Marathon Feeling 1350 yacht World Challenge 2015 -2.JPG|The ''Marathon'' leaving port in Dartmouth on 25 October 2015|thumb]] |
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In 2005, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]],<ref name="BBC6June2005">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4615733.stm|title=Disabled sailor to honour Nelson|date=6 June 2005|work=[[BBC Online]]|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> White circumnavigated Great Britain and Ireland solo, travelling anticlockwise, against the prevailing winds.<ref name="Grealish">{{cite news|url=http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/186184/Henri-Lloyd-to-support-Keith-White|title=Henri Lloyd to support disabled yachtsman Keith White|last=Grealish|first=Amy|date=15 October 2015|work=[[Yachts and Yachting]] Online|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> His boat, the ''Nephele'', a [[Beneteau]] First 325, encountered a severe storm 60 miles northwest of Arranmore<ref name="Flanagan">{{cite web|url=http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Irish-Coast-Guard-award-for-Arranmore-RNLI-lifeboat-crew.aspx|title=Irish Coast Guard award for Arranmore RNLI lifeboat crew|last=Flanagan|first=Nora|date=7 October 2008|publisher=[[RNLI]]|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> and 40 miles from Tory Island,<ref name="IrishTimesJuly2005">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crew-may-be-honoured-for-sea-rescue-1.464623|title=Crew may be honoured for sea rescue|date=6 July 2005|work=[[The Irish Times]]|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> off the coast of Ireland, and was overwhelmed but remained afloat.<ref name="BBC2005" /> |
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The voyage started on 5 June 2005, from [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], and the severe storm, force |
The voyage started on 5 June 2005, from [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], and the severe storm, force 11 on the [[Beaufort scale]], caught him on 3 July 2005. His [[mayday]] call was relayed to the Malin Coastguard, and the rescue operation lasted 24 hours.<ref name="Guidera">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rescued-yachtsman-salutes-his-daring-lifesavers-26300520.html|title=Rescued yachtsman salutes his daring lifesavers|last=Guidera|first=Anita|date=28 June 2007|work=[[Irish Independent]]|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> After rescue and treatment of injuries received,<ref name="BNIE">{{cite news|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/islands-lifeboat-crew-to-be-honoured-for-rescue-316554.html|title=Island's lifeboat crew to be honoured for rescue|publisher=BreakingNews.ie|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> White completed the circumnavigation on 22 July 2005.<ref name="Gough">{{cite news|url=http://cruisingoutpost.com/2013/05/heres/|title=Here's the Thing|last=Gough|first=Stuart|date=3 May 2013|work=Cruising Outpost Magazine|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> |
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''Guinness Book of World Records'' has declined to list White's feat, calling it too complex to stand as a record.<ref name="Tweddell">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/weird/640097.record_book_snubs_onearmed_sailor/|title=Record book snubs one-armed sailor (From This Is Local London)|last=Tweddell|first=Louise|date=13 October 2005|work=[[Evening Standard|This Is London]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> |
''Guinness Book of World Records'' has declined to list White's feat, calling it too complex to stand as a record.<ref name="Tweddell">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/weird/640097.record_book_snubs_onearmed_sailor/|title=Record book snubs one-armed sailor (From This Is Local London)|last=Tweddell|first=Louise|date=13 October 2005|work=[[Evening Standard|This Is London]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> |
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White planned a nonstop solo circumnavigation for charity. In 2015 he prepared for his charity solo circumnavigation of the world by entering his yacht, the ''Marathon'', a [[one-off]] Feeling 1350 yacht, built for the 1991 [[BOC Challenge]]<ref name="solavela">{{cite web|url=http://www.solovela.net/4Daction/Web_paginastatica?pag=popup_news&ID=1347348&doc=si|title=Keith White, il primo disabile a fare il giro del mondo in solitario non stop|date=18 October 2015|publisher=solavela.net|language=Italian|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> and veteran of two prior circumnavigations, in the [[Round the Island Race]], with crew.<ref name="RTI2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=rir15&ui=rir4&style=std&override=§ion=follow&page=boatdetails2015&boatref=590|title=J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race – Boat details – MARATHON – ISCRS Division 5A|year=2015|publisher=[[Island Sailing Club]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> The purpose of this was to seek to find and remove any pre circumnavigation technical problems. |
White planned a nonstop solo circumnavigation for charity. In 2015 he prepared for his charity solo circumnavigation of the world by entering his yacht, the ''Marathon'', a [[one-off]] Feeling 1350 yacht, built for the 1991 [[BOC Challenge]]<ref name="solavela">{{cite web|url=http://www.solovela.net/4Daction/Web_paginastatica?pag=popup_news&ID=1347348&doc=si|title=Keith White, il primo disabile a fare il giro del mondo in solitario non stop|date=18 October 2015|publisher=solavela.net|language=Italian|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> and veteran of two prior circumnavigations, in the [[Round the Island Race]], with crew.<ref name="RTI2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=rir15&ui=rir4&style=std&override=§ion=follow&page=boatdetails2015&boatref=590|title=J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race – Boat details – MARATHON – ISCRS Division 5A|year=2015|publisher=[[Island Sailing Club]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> The purpose of this was to seek to find and remove any pre circumnavigation technical problems. |
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The solo circumnavigation attempt started in October 2015. ''Marathon'' departed from Cowes on 23 |
The solo circumnavigation attempt started in October 2015. ''Marathon'' departed from Cowes on 23 October 2015, pausing in [[Dartmouth, Devon]], on 24 October<ref name="Megson24oct2015">{{cite web|url=http://singlehandedyachting.com/first-night-at-sea/|title=First Night at Sea |work=[[Single Handed Yachting]]|last=Megson|first=Julian|publisher=24 October 2015|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> before setting out to cross the notional circumnavigation start/finish line from [[Lizard lighthouse]] to [[Ushant]]. He left Dartmouth in the morning of 25 October 2015.<ref name="SHY25October2015">{{cite web|url=http://singlehandedyachting.com/heading-for-the-line/|title=Heading For The Line|last=Megson|first=Julian|date=25 October 2015|work=Single Handed Yachting|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> |
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Though the voyage was planned to be a nonstop solo circumnavigation (which, with the use of one arm, might have qualified as an [[around the world sailing record]]), White's shore team announced on 29 |
Though the voyage was planned to be a nonstop solo circumnavigation (which, with the use of one arm, might have qualified as an [[around the world sailing record]]), White's shore team announced on 29 October 2015 that catastrophic gear failure meant it was essential to head for port in northern Spain to undertake repairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://singlehandedyachting.com/keith-white-is-stopping-for-repairs/|title=Keith White is Stopping Repairs|last=Megson|first=Julian|date=29 October 2015|work=Single Handed Yachting|accessdate=30 October 2015}}</ref> The voyage resumed on 8 November 2015 after a week of repairs in [[A Coruña]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://singlehandedyachting.com/disabled-yachtsman-keith-white-resumes-round-the-world-voyage/|title=Disabled Yachtsman Keith White Resumes Round the World Voyage|last=Megson|first=Julian|date=8 November 2015|publisher=Single Handed Yachting|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref> A further serious gear failure necessitated a stop for repairs at [[Las Palmas]] on [[Gran Canaria]] on 22 November 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://singlehandedyachting.com/progress-at-last-for-disabled-yachtsman-keith-white/|title=Progress At Last For Disabled Yachtsman Keith White|last=Megson|first=Julian|work=simglehandedyachting.com|accessdate=2 December 2015}}</ref> leaving to resume the journey on 30 November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://singlehandedyachting.com/disabled-yachtsman-keith-white-sets-sail-from-las-palmas/|title=Disabled Yachtsman Keith White Sets Sail from Las Palmas |last=Megson|first=Julian|publisher=singlehandedyachting.com|accessdate=2 December 2015}}</ref> |
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White's 2015 voyage is to raise money for two charities, [[Save the Children]], and a foundation to build a sailing replica of the [[Cutty Sark]],<ref name="Hodgetts">{{cite news|url=http://www.pbo.co.uk/news/disabled-yachtsman-to-embark-on-round-the-world-unassisted-voyage-24183|title=Disabled yachtsman to embark on round-the-world unassisted voyage – Practical Boat Owner|last=Hodgetts|first=Laura|date=15 October 2015|work=[[Practical Boat Owner]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> to be built on the [[Isle of Wight]].<ref name="IOWR21June2013">{{cite web|url=http://iwradio.co.uk/news/2013-06-21-island-yachtsmans-replica-challenge/|title=Island yachtsman’s replica challenge|date=21 June 2013|publisher=[[Isle of Wight Radio]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> The voyage is estimated to take about ten months.<ref name="Stocker">{{cite news|url=http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/disabled-yachtsman-aims-to-sail-solo-around-the-world-32926|title=Disabled yachtsman aims to sail solo around the world|last=Stocker|first=Theo|date=16 October 2015|work=[[Yachting Monthly]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> |
White's 2015 voyage is to raise money for two charities, [[Save the Children]], and a foundation to build a sailing replica of the [[Cutty Sark]],<ref name="Hodgetts">{{cite news|url=http://www.pbo.co.uk/news/disabled-yachtsman-to-embark-on-round-the-world-unassisted-voyage-24183|title=Disabled yachtsman to embark on round-the-world unassisted voyage – Practical Boat Owner|last=Hodgetts|first=Laura|date=15 October 2015|work=[[Practical Boat Owner]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> to be built on the [[Isle of Wight]].<ref name="IOWR21June2013">{{cite web|url=http://iwradio.co.uk/news/2013-06-21-island-yachtsmans-replica-challenge/|title=Island yachtsman’s replica challenge|date=21 June 2013|publisher=[[Isle of Wight Radio]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> The voyage is estimated to take about ten months.<ref name="Stocker">{{cite news|url=http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/disabled-yachtsman-aims-to-sail-solo-around-the-world-32926|title=Disabled yachtsman aims to sail solo around the world|last=Stocker|first=Theo|date=16 October 2015|work=[[Yachting Monthly]]|accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> |
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{{Portal|Sailing}}{{Portal|Disability}} |
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*[https://www.facebook.com/keith.white.disabled.sailor/ Keith White] on [[Facebook]] |
*[https://www.facebook.com/keith.white.disabled.sailor/ Keith White] on [[Facebook]] |
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*[https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/keith-white/7a/815/2a5 Keith White] on [[LinkedIn]] |
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*{{Twitter|id=KeithWhiteSail|name=Keith White}} |
*{{Twitter|id=KeithWhiteSail|name=Keith White}} |
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*{{URL|singlehandedyachting.com|Official World Challenge 2015 web site}} |
*{{URL|singlehandedyachting.com|Official World Challenge 2015 web site}} |
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*{{URL|http://singlehandedyachting.com/tracker/|On board satellite tracker showing the position of the ''Marathon'' in the World Challenge 2015}} |
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Keith White is a British yachtsman. In October 2015 he set out on a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the world in his yacht, the Marathon, in part to raise funds for charity. White, who is disabled, lost the use of his left arm in 1991 in a motorcycle road traffic accident. A sailor since he was 16 years old,[1] he has achieved some significant firsts with his circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland, and his circuit of the Atlantic.[2]
Yachting achievements
In 2005, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar,[3] White circumnavigated Great Britain and Ireland solo, travelling anticlockwise, against the prevailing winds.[4] His boat, the Nephele, a Beneteau First 325, encountered a severe storm 60 miles northwest of Arranmore[5] and 40 miles from Tory Island,[6] off the coast of Ireland, and was overwhelmed but remained afloat.[1]
The voyage started on 5 June 2005, from Gillingham, and the severe storm, force 11 on the Beaufort scale, caught him on 3 July 2005. His mayday call was relayed to the Malin Coastguard, and the rescue operation lasted 24 hours.[7] After rescue and treatment of injuries received,[8] White completed the circumnavigation on 22 July 2005.[9]
Guinness Book of World Records has declined to list White's feat, calling it too complex to stand as a record.[10]
Transatlantic voyage
With a new boat, the Rosiley,[11] a Hanse 400,[12] White completed a successful solo circuit from the UK to the US and back in 2007 and 2008.[9] The route took him from the UK via the Canary Islands, Florida, New York, and Boston, and then back across the Atlantic to the UK. His yacht had no modifications for disability.[13]
White planned a nonstop solo circumnavigation for charity. In 2015 he prepared for his charity solo circumnavigation of the world by entering his yacht, the Marathon, a one-off Feeling 1350 yacht, built for the 1991 BOC Challenge[14] and veteran of two prior circumnavigations, in the Round the Island Race, with crew.[15] The purpose of this was to seek to find and remove any pre circumnavigation technical problems.
The solo circumnavigation attempt started in October 2015. Marathon departed from Cowes on 23 October 2015, pausing in Dartmouth, Devon, on 24 October[16] before setting out to cross the notional circumnavigation start/finish line from Lizard lighthouse to Ushant. He left Dartmouth in the morning of 25 October 2015.[17]
Though the voyage was planned to be a nonstop solo circumnavigation (which, with the use of one arm, might have qualified as an around the world sailing record), White's shore team announced on 29 October 2015 that catastrophic gear failure meant it was essential to head for port in northern Spain to undertake repairs.[18] The voyage resumed on 8 November 2015 after a week of repairs in A Coruña.[19] A further serious gear failure necessitated a stop for repairs at Las Palmas on Gran Canaria on 22 November 2015,[20] leaving to resume the journey on 30 November 2015.[21]
White's 2015 voyage is to raise money for two charities, Save the Children, and a foundation to build a sailing replica of the Cutty Sark,[22] to be built on the Isle of Wight.[2] The voyage is estimated to take about ten months.[23]
Analogous historical feats
Other disabled sailors have been involved in solo circumnavigations. Charl DeVilliers was a deaf round-the-world sailor;[24] Robert E. Case was deaf and circumnavigated; and Vincent "Vinny" Lauwers, was a paraplegic who won the 2001 Laureus Award in the disability category for sailing around the world solo, unassisted, and nonstop.[25] Gerry Hughes, a profoundly deaf Scottish teacher, sailed single-handed round the world "past all five capes".[26]
References
- ^ a b "Disabled sailor saved from storm". BBC Online. BBC News. 3 July 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Island yachtsman's replica challenge". Isle of Wight Radio. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Disabled sailor to honour Nelson". BBC Online. BBC News. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Grealish, Amy (15 October 2015). "Henri Lloyd to support disabled yachtsman Keith White". Yachts and Yachting Online. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Flanagan, Nora (7 October 2008). "Irish Coast Guard award for Arranmore RNLI lifeboat crew". RNLI. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Crew may be honoured for sea rescue". The Irish Times. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Guidera, Anita (28 June 2007). "Rescued yachtsman salutes his daring lifesavers". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Island's lifeboat crew to be honoured for rescue". BreakingNews.ie. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b Gough, Stuart (3 May 2013). "Here's the Thing". Cruising Outpost Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Tweddell, Louise (13 October 2005). "Record book snubs one-armed sailor (From This Is Local London)". This Is London. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Yachtsman sailed solo across Atlantic with one arm". Daily Mirror. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "(section) Ocean Accolades" (pdf). Hanse. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Disabled sailor back after ocean voyage". Portsmouth News. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Keith White, il primo disabile a fare il giro del mondo in solitario non stop" (in Italian). solavela.net. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race – Boat details – MARATHON – ISCRS Division 5A". Island Sailing Club. 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Megson, Julian. "First Night at Sea". Single Handed Yachting. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Megson, Julian (25 October 2015). "Heading For The Line". Single Handed Yachting. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Megson, Julian (29 October 2015). "Keith White is Stopping Repairs". Single Handed Yachting. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Megson, Julian (8 November 2015). "Disabled Yachtsman Keith White Resumes Round the World Voyage". Single Handed Yachting. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Megson, Julian. "Progress At Last For Disabled Yachtsman Keith White". simglehandedyachting.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Megson, Julian. "Disabled Yachtsman Keith White Sets Sail from Las Palmas". singlehandedyachting.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Hodgetts, Laura (15 October 2015). "Disabled yachtsman to embark on round-the-world unassisted voyage – Practical Boat Owner". Practical Boat Owner. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Stocker, Theo (16 October 2015). "Disabled yachtsman aims to sail solo around the world". Yachting Monthly. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Laird, Grant, Jr. (September 10, 2006). "GENERAL: Meet World's First Deaf Around the World Solo Sailor, Charl deVilliers – DFW". Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Vincent Lauwers (AUS) wins 2001 Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award". ISAF. International Sailing Federation. 25 May 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
Vincent Lauwers (AUS), who, in 2000 was nominated for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards in recognition of his successful solo, nonstop unassisted circumnavigation a world first, won the disability category at the '2001 Laureus World Sports Award'
Webb, Carolyn (27 December 1998). "If You See No Limit, The Sea's No Limit". The Sunday Age. Retrieved 4 December 2015. - ^ "Disability News: Gerry Hughes Becomes First Deaf Person to Sail Round the World". Able News. BBC News. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
His solo-circumnavigation lasted eight months and covered more than 32,000 miles, during which time he endured a capsize and equipment problems.