At 83, Japanese turns into oldest to sail solo throughout Pacific

By Mari Yamaguchi | Linked Press

TOKYO — An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer returned property Saturday after successfully finishing his solo, nonstop voyage throughout the Pacific, getting to be the oldest human being to attain the milestone.

Kenichi Horie arrived in the Kii Strait off Japan’s western coast, finishing his trans-Pacific voyage in 69 days following leaving a yacht harbor in San Francisco in March.

It was the latest accomplishment for the octogenarian adventurer, who in 1962 became the very first human being in the earth to efficiently comprehensive a solo nonstop voyage throughout the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco.

Sixty years later, he traveled the reverse route.

“I just crossed the end line. I’m weary,” he wrote in his blog site immediately after achieving Japan in the early several hours of Saturday.

He claimed that his sailing boat, Suntory Mermaid III, was to be toed after the dawn for an predicted arrival at his house port of Shin Nishinomiya yacht harbor in the night. Local media claimed a welcome ceremony will be held Sunday.

His accomplishment arrived soon after a few days of struggle with the pushback from a robust tide. He wrote in his blog Friday that he succeeded but was exhausted and took a nap just after emotion certain that his yacht was now on the ideal observe to the end line.