Data map: Xu Jingkun. Image source: Qingdao Sports Bureau website
The client of Chinanews.com June 8th, according to the Qingdao Sports Bureau website, on the 4th of Beijing time, Qingdao one-armed navigator Xu Jingkun arrived in the Portuguese Azores on the "Qingdao Dream" catamaran, completing a three-year period Global voyage. This sailing event spanned the equator five times and had a range of 34,000 nautical miles, setting China's first record of catamaran sailing around the world.
It is understood that Xu Jingkun officially sailed from Turkey in June 2017 on the "Qingdao Dream" catamaran, crossed the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Panama Canal, crossed the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, bypassed the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, and returned to the North The starting point of the Atlantic Ocean.
Xu Jingkun participated in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games on behalf of the Chinese team. In 2012, he drove the first 24ft sailing ship alone from Qingdao, heading north to Liaoning and south to the Xisha Islands, with a voyage of 4,500 nautical miles.
In 2014, Xu Jingkun became the second Chinese to complete the 6.5 meters (without electronic navigation, communication, meteorological equipment) single-person trans-Atlantic, and also the world's first single-person captain to complete this feat alone.
After this round-the-world voyage, Xu Jingkun has sailed a total of 110,000 nautical miles and is "the farthest single-armed captain in the world". (Finish)