Hugo Vihlen

Hugo Vihlen is a sailor who set records crossing the Atlantic Ocean by singlehandedly sailing two tiny boats. For his voyage in 1968, Vihlen sailed from Casablanca, Morocco, to Miami, 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