Soon after his departure from San Francisco, he was faced with a storm, but the weather gradually improved and he reached Hawaii in mid-April ahead of schedule. “It was like walking on thin ice,” he said.
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This time, his preparation during the coronavirus pandemic was full of uncertainties involving vaccine requirements, testing and other logistics. Sixty years later, he traveled the opposite route. It 1962, he became the first person in the world to successfully complete a solo nonstop voyage across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco. “I want to be a challenger as long as I live,” he said. “It was my great joy to have been able to make a challenge as a real goal and safely achieve it, instead of just holding onto it as a dream.” “I will keep up my work to be a late bloomer.”Īt a news conference at the yacht harbor later today, he said becoming the oldest person to make the feat was a dream come true. He said he “burned all my body and soul” on the journey but says he’s ready for more.
“That shows how healthy I am,” Horie said. He carried a stock of medicine from San Francisco, he said, but only used eye drops and Band-Aids during his more than two months alone at sea. “Thank you for waiting!” said Horie, who appeared tanned and with his white hair longer than usual. He got off the yacht, took off the cap again and bowed deeply on the pier before he was presented with bouquets of roses. Kenichi Horie!”Īs he approached the harbor, Horie, standing in his boat, took off his white cap and waved. Today, after spending the night on his 19-foot-long Suntory Mermaid III just off the coast, Horie was towed into his home port of Shin Nishinomiya, where he was cheered by local residents and supporters and banners that read: “Welcome back, Mr. Horie returned home as he crossed the Kii Strait off Japan’s western coast early Saturday, completing his trans-Pacific solo voyage in 69 days after leaving a yacht harbor in San Francisco in late March. TOKYO > Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean - and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet.
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