title: List of youth solo sailing circumnavigations
text: # List of youth solo sailing circumnavigations
  
  ## Youth solo sailing circumnavigations
  
  | Sailor | Port of departure | Date of departure | Date completed | Duration (days) | Age at completion | Boat | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Robin Lee Graham US | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | 27 July 1965 | 30 April 1970 | 1738 | 21 years, 56 days | Lapworth 24: Dove Allied Luders 33: Return of Dove | Westerly, via Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance. |
  | Tania Aebi US | New York City, New York, U.S. | 28 May 1985 | 6 November 1987 | 892 | 21 years, 30 days | Contessa 26: Varuna | Westerly, via Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance. Aebi had a passenger for a short stretch (80 nmi). |
  | Brian Caldwell US | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | 1 June 1995 | 20 September 1996 | 477 | 20 years, 278 days | Contessa 26: Mai Miti Vavau | Westerly, via northern Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Panama Canal. Solo with stops and assistance. |
  | David Dicks AUS | Fremantle, Australia | 26 February 1996 | 17 November 1996 | 265 | 18 years, 42 days | S&S 34: Seaflight | Easterly, via Great capes. Solo, non-stop, with assistance. |
  | Jesse Martin AUS | Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia | 8 December 1998 | 31 October 1999 | 327 | 18 years, 66 days | S&S 34: Lionheart | Easterly, via Great capes. Solo, non-stop, and unassisted. |
  | Zac Sunderland US | Marina del Rey, California, U.S. | 14 June 2008 | 16 July 2009 | 396 | 17 years, 229 days | Islander 36: Intrepid | Westerly, via northern Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance. |
  | Michael Perham UK | Portsmouth, England, U.K. | 16 November 2008 | 27 August 2009 | 284 | 17 years, 164 days | Open 50: totallymoney.com | Easterly, via Cape of Good Hope and Panama Canal. Solo, with stops and assistance. |
  | Jessica Watson AUS NZ | Sydney, Australia | 18 October 2009 | 15 May 2010 | 209 | 16 years, 362 days | S&S 34: Ella's Pink Lady | Easterly, via Great capes. Solo, non-stop, and unassisted, but the voyage was shorter than the required 21,600 nautical miles to be considered a global circumnavigation. |
  | Laura Dekker NED NZL | Gibraltar | 21 August 2010 | 21 January 2012 | 518 | 16 years, 123 days | Jeanneau Gin Fizz: Guppy | Westerly, via Panama Canal and Cape of Good Hope. Solo, with stops and assistance. |
  
  Abby Sunderland attempted on her boat Wild Eyes through a planned easterly circumnavigation in 2010 but did not complete due to bad weather on the remote area northeast of Kerguelen Islands.
  
  Since the Jesse Martin voyage, records claimed for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world are not recognized by the World Sailing Speed Record Council, nor by any other formal council. Therefore, the strict route requirements of the WSSRC are not being followed for this list, and it is deemed sufficient for the sailors to cross all longitudes and the equator, before crossing their own path again.
  
  Unassisted sailing essentially means that the sail boat does not dock in harbors, or with other boats and does not get equipment from outside during the voyage.
  
  