Who was the first person to sail single-handed around the world without stopping?

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Who was the first person to sail single-handed around the world without stopping?

This question tests who first completed a solo, nonstop voyage around the world. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston did so in 1968–69 during the Golden Globe Race, sailing from Falmouth aboard the small ketch Suhaili and finishing without stopping or accepting help. He became the first person to achieve a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation. Other famous sailors either did not sail nonstop or were not the first to do it solo; for example, Dame Ellen MacArthur later completed a solo nonstop circumnavigation, but she wasn’t the first overall. Sir Francis Drake’s voyage was centuries earlier and wasn’t a solo nonstop feat by today’s standards, and Sir Francis Chichester’s solo voyage included stops.

This question tests who first completed a solo, nonstop voyage around the world. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston did so in 1968–69 during the Golden Globe Race, sailing from Falmouth aboard the small ketch Suhaili and finishing without stopping or accepting help. He became the first person to achieve a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation. Other famous sailors either did not sail nonstop or were not the first to do it solo; for example, Dame Ellen MacArthur later completed a solo nonstop circumnavigation, but she wasn’t the first overall. Sir Francis Drake’s voyage was centuries earlier and wasn’t a solo nonstop feat by today’s standards, and Sir Francis Chichester’s solo voyage included stops.

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