biography
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Blyth, Chay
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popular name of Charles Blyth
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1940– )
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| biography:
| Yachtsman, born in Hawick, SE Scotland, UK, the first to sail single-handed ‘the hard way’ round the world (1970–1). Educated at Hawick, he joined the Parachute Regiment of the Royal Army (1958–67). He rowed the Atlantic from W to E with John Ridgeway (1966), before making his epic voyage westward around the globe. With a crew of paratroopers he won the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race (1973–4), travelling eastwards. He has set further ocean-sailing records, and was a key figure in the organization of the British Steel Challenge, Round World Yacht Race (1992–3), retracing his original westward voyage. |
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