Recognizing a lifetime of achievement
The Pindar Lifetime Achievement Award for 2025, presented by the International Association of Cape Horners, goes to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston KB CBE RD. Sir Robin, who lives in Portsmouth UK, has been inspiring sailors the world over since becoming the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world aboard his treasured 32ft 6in traditional wooden yacht Suhaili back in 1968-69.
He is still inspiring newcomers. The Clipper Round the World yacht race has introduced some 20,000 amateur crews to the sport since he co-founded the event in 1996. And this year, at the age of 86, he led old friends on a cruise to Greenland and back.
One circumnavigation was never going to be enough. Sir Robin has completed three, and also competed in the 1977-78 Whitbread Round the World Race, skippering the British maxi yacht Heath’s Condor to elapsed time victories on legs 2 and 4. - Full report
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