Hugo Vihlen
Hugo Vihlen | |
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| Born | November 13, 1931 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sailing single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean in two tiny sailboats. |
Hugo Vihlen (born November 13, 1931)world records by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in two tiny sailboats in 1968 and 1993.
1968 transatlantic crossing
On March 29, 1968, Vihlen departed
The voyage is described in Vihlen's book April Fool, or, How I Sailed from Casablanca to Florida in a Six-foot Boat.[4]
1993 transatlantic crossing
In 1993, he chose to leave from the U.S. coast and headed for England, crossing the North Atlantic in a boat, named Father's Day, that was just 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) long. The story of this four-month journey is told in Vihlen's book The Stormy Voyage of Father's Day (written with the help of Joanne Kimberlin).
Father's Day was originally built at 5 feet 6 inches long. On Vihlen's first attempt out of
Falmouth, England in a 5-foot 4 inch sailboat taking 115 days. This trip earned him the record for the shortest boat to have crossed the Atlantic; the record for the smallest vessel by volume is held by Hannes Lindemann who crossed the Atlantic in a folding kayak
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Notes
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities (control number n 96102109). Retrieved on August 19, 2010.
- ^ "American in 6-Foot Boat Crosses Atlantic in 84 Days". New York Times. June 22, 1968.
- ISBN 0-07-141306-5.
- OCLC 146985.
Further reading
- RECORD-SEEKING SAILOR CLOSE TO CROSSING ATLANTIC Newslibrary.com, published on August 31, 1993
- CAPE COD SAILOR PERSISTS IN BID TO MAKE OCEAN CROSSING WON'T LET COAST GUARD BAN STOP HIM Boston Globe, published on June 6, 1993
- "The Hugo Vihlen Interview". Small Craft Advisor (17): 26–30. Sep–Oct 2002.
- Maxtone-Graham, J. A. (May 3, 1971). "An Airline-pilot-turned-navigator Describes Crossing the Atlantic in a 6-foot Boat". Sports Illustrated.
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