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José Salvador Alvarenga (Spanish: [xoˈse salβaˈðoɾ alβaˈɾeŋɡa]; born c. 1975) is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on January 30, 2014, aged 36 or 37, [nb 1] on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012.
Ross Edgley (born 13 October 1985) is a British athlete, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author. He holds multiple world records, but is perhaps most recognised for completing the World's Longest Staged Sea Swim in 2018, [3] when he became the first person in history to swim 1,780 miles (2,860 km) [4] around Great Britain, in 157 days [4] (voted Performance of the Year by the World Open Water ...
Poon Lim BEM (Chinese: 潘濂; pinyin: Pān Lián; 8 March 1918 – 4 January 1991) was a Chinese seafarer.He was born on the island of Hainan, China.In 1942–43, he survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic.
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [1]
Steven Callahan (born February 6, 1952) is an American author, naval architect, inventor, and sailor. In 1981, he survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft.
By the end of his circumnavigation, Eruç had set several ocean rowing world records including the first person to row three oceans, [6] the first rower to cross the Indian Ocean from Australia to mainland Africa (in two segments), [7] the longest distance rowed across the Indian Ocean, [8] and the longest distance rowed across the Atlantic ...
Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman who became the oldest living person in August 2024, died on Dec. 29, 2024, according to Guinness World Records. Her death was confirmed by Guinness ...
On 20 February 2015, she obtained a Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate (also becoming the youngest person to do so in the process). [66] She has been working towards doing long-distance educational sailings with children. She founded Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation. [67] She obtained a 21 meter long ship (named Guppy). In November 2020 Dekker ...