<Ul> <Li> The Great White Fleet ; 1907 -- 1909 ; first fleet to circumnavigate the world . </Li> <Li> Harry Pidgeon ; 1921 -- 1925 ; second single - handed circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> HMS Hood , HMS Repulse , and the rest of the Special Service Squadron ; 1923 -- 24 ; in the Empire Cruise , a tour of the British Empire after World War I . </Li> <Li> Harry Pidgeon ; 1932 -- 1937 ; third single - handed circumnavigation , first person to circumnavigate solo twice ( 1921 -- 1925 and 1932 -- 1937 ) . </Li> <Li> Electa and Irving Johnson ; 1934 -- 1958 ; sail training pioneers , circumnavigated the world 7 times with amateur crews . </Li> <Li> Vito Dumas ; 1942 ; single handed circumnavigation of the southern oceans , including the first single handed passage of all three great capes . </Li> <Li> Operation Sandblast ; 1960 ; USS Triton ; first underwater circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Operation Sea Orbit ; 1964 ; USS Enterprise , USS Long Beach , and USS Bainbridge ; first circumnavigation by an all - nuclear naval task force . </Li> <Li> 1966 Soviet submarine global circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Sir Francis Chichester ; 1966 -- 1967 ; first single - handed circumnavigation with just one port of call . </Li> <Li> Sir Alec Rose ; 1967 - 1968 ; single - handed circumnavigation with two stops ( in Australia and New Zealand ) . </Li> <Li> Leonid Teliga ; 1967 -- 1969 ; single - handed circumnavigation aboard SY Opty . </Li> <Li> Robin Knox - Johnston ; 1968 -- 1969 ; first single - handed non-stop circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Robin Lee Graham ; 1965 -- 1970 ; then youngest ( at ages 16 -- 21 ) solo circumnavigation aboard 24 - foot sailboat Dove . </Li> <Li> Chay Blyth ; 1971 ; first westwards single - handed non-stop circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Edward Allcard ; 1957 -- 1973 ; circumnavigation via the three great capes aboard his 36 - foot wooden ketch Sea Wanderer . </Li> <Li> Jon Sanders ; 1970 - 2017 ; completed ten circumnavigations. . <Ul> <Li> 1970 First solo circumnavigation trip east to west mostly sailing through tropics . </Li> <Li> 1981 - 82 Double nonstop solo circumnavigation west to east via Southern Ocean . </Li> <Li> 1986 - 88 Triple non-stop solo circumnavigation : 657 days 21 hours and 18 minutes at sea . The Guinness World Book of Records cites this as the longest distance sailed non-stop by any vessel ( 71,023 nautical miles ) </Li> <Li> 2016 - 17 Completed 10th circumnavigation at the age of 78 , mostly singlehanded . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> USS Inchon ; ETR - 3 crew SEP - 1972 - SEP - 1973 Circumnavigation via Panama Canal Norfolk VA . East to West . </Li> <Li> Krystyna Chojnowska - Liskiewicz ; 1976 -- 1978 ; first woman to perform a single - handed circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Naomi James ; 1977 -- 1978 ; first woman to perform a single - handed circumnavigation via Cape Horn . </Li> <Li> Mark Schrader ; 1982 ; completed two solo circumnavigations . In 1982 -- 1983 became the first American to complete a solo circumnavigation via the five southernmost capes . </Li> <Li> Marvin Creamer ( USA ) ; 21 December 1982 -- 17 May 1984 ; only known person to circumnavigate the globe by boat with no nautical aids , not even a compass or watch ( 1 ) . </Li> <Li> Bertie Reed - 1982 - the first South African to complete three singlehanded circumnavigations . </Li> <Li> David Scott Cowper ; 1985 ; first single - handed circumnavigation by motor boat . </Li> <Li> Dodge Morgan ; 12 November 1985 - 11 April 1986 ; Aboard sailboat American Promise , became first American to sail solo around the world , non-stop . </Li> <Li> Trishna ; 28 September 1985 - 10 January 1987 ; First Indian circumnavigation by an Indian Army Corps of Engineers crew . Also had the first handicapped sailor to sail around the globe . </Li> <Li> Teddy Seymour ; 1987 ; aboard sailboat Love Song ; the first African - American to complete solo single - handed circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Mike Plant ; 1987 -- 1991 ; completed three circumnavigations . <Ul> <Li> 1986 -- 87 : Won the BOC Challenge ( Class II - Open 50 ) with a time of 157 days aboard Airco Distributor , an Open 50 sloop built by Plant and designed by Roger Martin . </Li> <Li> 1989 : Competed in the first Vendée Globe on Duracell , an Open 60 sloop built by Plant and designed
<Ul> <Li> The Great White Fleet ; 1907 -- 1909 ; first fleet to circumnavigate the world . </Li> <Li> Harry Pidgeon ; 1921 -- 1925 ; second single - handed circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> HMS Hood , HMS Repulse , and the rest of the Special Service Squadron ; 1923 -- 24 ; in the Empire Cruise , a tour of the British Empire after World War I . </Li> <Li> Harry Pidgeon ; 1932 -- 1937 ; third single - handed circumnavigation , first person to circumnavigate solo twice ( 1921 -- 1925 and 1932 -- 1937 ) . </Li> <Li> Electa and Irving Johnson ; 1934 -- 1958 ; sail training pioneers , circumnavigated the world 7 times with amateur crews . </Li> <Li> Vito Dumas ; 1942 ; single handed circumnavigation of the southern oceans , including the first single handed passage of all three great capes . </Li> <Li> Operation Sandblast ; 1960 ; USS Triton ; first underwater circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Operation Sea Orbit ; 1964 ; USS Enterprise , USS Long Beach , and USS Bainbridge ; first circumnavigation by an all - nuclear naval task force . </Li> <Li> 1966 Soviet submarine global circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Sir Francis Chichester ; 1966 -- 1967 ; first single - handed circumnavigation with just one port of call . </Li> <Li> Sir Alec Rose ; 1967 - 1968 ; single - handed circumnavigation with two stops ( in Australia and New Zealand ) . </Li> <Li> Leonid Teliga ; 1967 -- 1969 ; single - handed circumnavigation aboard SY Opty . </Li> <Li> Robin Knox - Johnston ; 1968 -- 1969 ; first single - handed non-stop circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Robin Lee Graham ; 1965 -- 1970 ; then youngest ( at ages 16 -- 21 ) solo circumnavigation aboard 24 - foot sailboat Dove . </Li> <Li> Chay Blyth ; 1971 ; first westwards single - handed non-stop circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Edward Allcard ; 1957 -- 1973 ; circumnavigation via the three great capes aboard his 36 - foot wooden ketch Sea Wanderer . </Li> <Li> Jon Sanders ; 1970 - 2017 ; completed ten circumnavigations. . <Ul> <Li> 1970 First solo circumnavigation trip east to west mostly sailing through tropics . </Li> <Li> 1981 - 82 Double nonstop solo circumnavigation west to east via Southern Ocean . </Li> <Li> 1986 - 88 Triple non-stop solo circumnavigation : 657 days 21 hours and 18 minutes at sea . The Guinness World Book of Records cites this as the longest distance sailed non-stop by any vessel ( 71,023 nautical miles ) </Li> <Li> 2016 - 17 Completed 10th circumnavigation at the age of 78 , mostly singlehanded . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> USS Inchon ; ETR - 3 crew SEP - 1972 - SEP - 1973 Circumnavigation via Panama Canal Norfolk VA . East to West . </Li> <Li> Krystyna Chojnowska - Liskiewicz ; 1976 -- 1978 ; first woman to perform a single - handed circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Naomi James ; 1977 -- 1978 ; first woman to perform a single - handed circumnavigation via Cape Horn . </Li> <Li> Mark Schrader ; 1982 ; completed two solo circumnavigations . In 1982 -- 1983 became the first American to complete a solo circumnavigation via the five southernmost capes . </Li> <Li> Marvin Creamer ( USA ) ; 21 December 1982 -- 17 May 1984 ; only known person to circumnavigate the globe by boat with no nautical aids , not even a compass or watch ( 1 ) . </Li> <Li> Bertie Reed - 1982 - the first South African to complete three singlehanded circumnavigations . </Li> <Li> David Scott Cowper ; 1985 ; first single - handed circumnavigation by motor boat . </Li> <Li> Dodge Morgan ; 12 November 1985 - 11 April 1986 ; Aboard sailboat American Promise , became first American to sail solo around the world , non-stop . </Li> <Li> Trishna ; 28 September 1985 - 10 January 1987 ; First Indian circumnavigation by an Indian Army Corps of Engineers crew . Also had the first handicapped sailor to sail around the globe . </Li> <Li> Teddy Seymour ; 1987 ; aboard sailboat Love Song ; the first African - American to complete solo single - handed circumnavigation . </Li> <Li> Mike Plant ; 1987 -- 1991 ; completed three circumnavigations . <Ul> <Li> 1986 -- 87 : Won the BOC Challenge ( Class II - Open 50 ) with a time of 157 days aboard Airco Distributor , an Open 50 sloop built by Plant and designed by Roger Martin . </Li> <Li> 1989 : Competed in the first Vendée Globe on Duracell , an Open 60 sloop built by Plant and designed
who was the first person to sail around the world non stop
who was the first person to sail around the world non stop
Robin Knox - Johnston ; 1968 -- 1969
Robin Knox - Johnston ; 1968 -- 1969