Bill Hatfield

William Hatfield (born 14 January 1939) is an Australian retired engineer and fisherman who on 22 February 2020, at the age of 81, became the oldest person to have successfully sailed solo, non-stop and unassisted around the Earth.

Hatfield simultaneously set the speed record for a person sailing single-handedly westbound around the world in a vessel of under 40 feet (12 m) in length.

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