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Sep 18, 2012 · Matt rang in the New Year rounding the Horn in 25 to 30 knots of wind, something he considers one of his greatest accomplishments as a sailor. He timed his rounding perfectly, sailing south to the latitude of the Horn, but well west of it, where he waited for a weather window.
In 2011, Matt Rutherford set out to become the first person to ever sail around the Americas. He had a 40-year old, 27-foot long sailboat – the St. Brendan. As this was a solo voyage, he was alone.
Matt Rutherford is the first person in history to complete a non-stop, single-handed, voyage around North and South America. Rutherford left Annapolis, MD on June 2011 and traversed some of the most dangerous seas on Earth.
Matt Rutherford (USA) sailed the 8.2-m-long (27-ft) Albin Vega sailboat St Brendan single-handedly on a non-stop 43,576-km (27,077-mile) circumnavigation of North and South America starting on 13 June 2011 at Annapolis City Dock in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA, and finishing back where he started 310 days later on 18 April 2012.
May 9, 2012 · Matt Rutherford spent 10 months alone at sea and set a new record for circumnavigating the Americas. He commanded a 27-foot sailboat nearly 27,000 miles — starting in Annapolis, Md., through...
Mar 15, 2012 · And now Matt Rutherford is doing it: He is on the homestretch of a nearly one-year journey that should make him the first person ever to circumnavigate the Americas on a single voyage. The...
Apr 23, 2012 · On April 21, solo sailor Matt Rutherford set foot on land for the first time in 314 days. Just three days earlier, he entered the record books as the first sailor to sail over 25,000 miles around the Americas solo and non-stop. The 31-year-old completed the journey in a 27-foot Albin Vega sailboat.
