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Through his career he has designed boats for many well recognized names in the yachting industry, ... VALIANT 47: 47.00 ft / 14.33 m: 1981 VALIANT 50: 50.67 ft / 15. ...
The success of several Valiant 40s competing in long ocean races during the early 1980s brought this boat to the notice of the world sailing community. Of special importance was a solo "wrong way" race completed in the Southern Ocean on a Westabout course, sailing into the prevailing winds, using a factory-stock V-40.
Pinkney sailed a Valiant 47, named "Commitment". Duncan McQueen; 1992–1999; [25] Pat Lawless Snr; 1993–1996 Irish solo sailor, took him 3 years and 3 days in his 32-foot yacht Loon. He returned to Limerick, Ireland at the age of 70 after his solo circumnavigation. [26]
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1 /3 COURTESY KEVIN COOPER / U.S. COAST GUARD COURTESY USCG The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy rescued a French woman, her daughter, and their pets from a 47-foot sailboat in the path of the former ...
Cabo Rico Yachts is a small semi-custom manufacturer of fiberglass sailboats located in Costa Rica and designed by W.I.B. Crealock and Chuck Paine. [1] [unreliable source?] Sizes range from 34 to 56 feet. In 1965, the company started building boats in the corner of a British Leyland assembly plant in the San José area. [1]
Pinkney's voyage around the world lasted 22 months. He traveled approximately 27,000 miles (43,000 km). [11] He departed from Boston on August 5, 1990, sailing first to Bermuda, then along the eastern South American coastline, across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa, across the Indian Ocean to Hobart, Tasmania, across the South Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn, and up the eastern ...
In the 1980s, the median home price in the U.S. was $47,200 ($170,000 adjusted for inflation). In 2025, the median home price is $400,000, and wages are failing to keep up.