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83-Year-old Japanese man becomes oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific

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Sunday, June 5, 2022
Japanese man becomes oldest to sail solo across Pacific
Six decades after first sailing alone from Japan to the United States, Kenichi Horie is due to become the oldest yachtsman to sail solo, nonstop, across the Pacific.
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