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Kenichi Horie (堀江 謙一, Horie Ken'ichi, born September 8, 1938 in Osaka) is a Japanese solo yachtsman. In 1962 he became the first person to sail solo and non-stop across the Pacific Ocean.
Jun 4, 2022 · Six decades after first sailing alone from Japan to the United States, Kenichi Horie is due to become the oldest yachtsman to sail solo, nonstop, across the Pacific.
Japanese Ocean 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.
- Ambitious Beginnings
- The Strong, Silent Type
- Indomitable Spirit
- A True Eco Warrior
- The Record-Breaking Continues
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Born in Osaka, on the south coast of Japan, Kenichi Horie had no family history of sailing. The Horie family owned a car parts factory and young Kenichi’s first job was as a salesman for the family business. While he was at university, he joined the sailing club because ‘it sounded like fun’ and started reading about ocean adventurers such as Alain...
Meeting Kenichi Horie now, you might think he was too quiet and gentle for such a daring adventure, but even aged 23 he had a determined streak. When the Japanese refused to issue him with a passport or American currency for his first voyage because they considered it too dangerous, Horie went anyway. He left Japan on 12 May 1962 and arrived in San...
It started in 1972, with his first attempt to sail around the world ‘eastabout’ on the 24ft Mermaid II. The trip ended in disaster when the boat was damaged and Horie had to be rescued by the Japanese coastguard. Undaunted, he was back two years later sailing the ‘wrong’ way around the world (westabout) on the 29ft Mermaid III, becoming the first J...
From 1985 onwards, many of Horie’s voyages have carried an environmental message, either testing alternative forms of energy (including crossing the Pacific twice on solar-powered boats) or through extensive use of recycled materials. He took this to a new level in 1999, when he crossed the Pacific solo on a 33ft catamaran made of 528 beer kegs wel...
For his latest Pacific crossing, Horie went back to his roots with a 19ft cutter. Once again, simplicity was key, and Suntory Mermaid IIIwasn’t fitted with a watermaker or an engine and was powered by a single solar-powered battery. She did, however, have a windvane, GPS and a satellite phone. Horie also took a sextant with him, just as he did in 1...
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OSAKA -- Well-known Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 83, arrived on June 4 off the Kii Peninsula in western Japan after crossing the Pacific, becoming the oldest person to sail solo and nonstop...
Aug 2, 2012 · San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is proud of its association with Kenichi Horie, Japan's most famous yachtsman, and the first man in history to make a non-stop solo crossing of the Pacific Ocean.
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Nov 24, 2021 · An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer intends to set the world record for the oldest person to sail solo nonstop across the Pacific Ocean on a yacht. Kenichi Horie on Nov. 24 announced his plan to...
