Garth Wilcox Circumnavigation 1978

Garth Wilcox Circumnavigation 1978

July 1978

Vela

East to West: Hawaii, French Polynesia, Suwarrow, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Australia, Bali, Cocos (Keeling), Seychelles, Djibouti, Sudan, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Malta, Italy, Spain, Gibraltar, Madeira, Canaries, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Sint Martin, Virgin Islands, Panama, San Francisco.

Suggested abbreviated version:

East to West: Hawaii, French Polynesia, Australia, Bali, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Panama.

34,000 nautical miles

Award
Circumnavigation
Year
1978
Recipient
Garth Wilcox
Recipient Name
Garth Wilcox
Boat Name
Vela

Prior Recipients

The Circumnavigation Award is earned by CCA member/owners for one continuous circumnavigation of the world in the same yacht. The member-owner may break the voyage for periods of no longer than six months, but he or she must resume the voyage from the same ports where it was broken. Forty-five Circumnavigation Awards have been presented since 1958 when the first Circumnavigation Award was presented to Irving and Exy Johnson for 7 voyages around the world