- Hugo Vihlen
Hugo Vihlen is a sailor who set records crossing the
Atlantic Ocean by singlehandedly sailing two tiny boats. For his voyage in1968 , Vihlen sailed fromCasablanca, Morocco , toMiami, Florida . in the 5' 11” long “April Fool”. This voyage is covered in Vihlen's book “April Fool”.In 1993, he chose to leave from the U.S. coast and headed for
England , crossing the North Atlantic in a boat, named “Father's Day”, that was just 5 feet 4 inches long. The story of this four month journey is told in “The Stormy Voyage of Father's Day."References
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4CE280FABE3E5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM RECORD-SEEKING SAILOR CLOSE TO CROSSING ATLANTIC] Newslibrary.com, published on August 31, 1993
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E13F83C59147493C0AB178DD85F4C8685F9 American in 6-Foot Boat Crosses Atlantic in 84 Days] New York Times, published June 22, 1968
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE06474225183&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM CAPE COD SAILOR PERSISTS IN BID TO MAKE OCEAN CROSSING WON'T LET COAST GUARD BAN STOP HIM] Boston Globe, published on June 6, 1993
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