83 years old Japanese man; Japanese man Kenichi Horie Sails Across the Pacific; Pacific; The oldest man to sail across the Pacific Ocean

In 1962, Kenichi Horie crossed the Pacific Ocean without a passport.

Tokyo:

An 83-year-old yacht arrived in Japan early Saturday morning after a non-stop solo cruise across the Pacific Ocean, becoming the oldest person to ever achieve the feat.

Renowned ocean explorer Kenichi Horie to the Kii Strait off western Japan limited his two-month trip to a marina in San Francisco in March.

It’s just the latest seafaring feat for the Japanese man, the Japanese who in 1962 sailed from Japan to San Francisco at the age of 23, becoming the first person in the world to sail solo across the Pacific. Positive.

The public relations team for his most recent trip said Horie’s return to Japan on Saturday made him the world’s oldest person to cross the largest and deepest ocean on Earth alone. , non-stop.

“I’m about to cross the finish line,” Horie wrote on his blog Friday after what he described as a three-day battle with resistance from the electric current.

“I’m exhausted.”

His 1962 Pacific crossing made headlines when he set out without a passport, essentially smuggling sugar into the United States.

60 years ago, “I was constantly worried and stressed that I might get sick… My condition was the worst,” he wrote on his blog in April.

“But this time it’s different, I’ve been sent off by many people and had their support through tracking systems and wireless radios. I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Besides the 1962 Pacific crossing, Horie is also known for sailing solo around the world in 1974 and sailing around the world from 1978 to 1982.

The most recent expedition was his first since 2008, when he sailed from Honolulu to the Kii Strait in a 31-foot wave-powered boat.

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