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Smallest boat to negotiate the Northwest Passage

Smallest boat to negotiate the Northwest Passage
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Who
Matt Rutherford
Where
Not Applicable
When
19 September 2011

On 19 September 2011, Matt Rutherford (USA) single-handedly negotiated the Northwest Passage in his 8.2-m-long (27-ft) Albin Vega sailboat St Brendan, setting the record for the smallest boat to ever negotiate the notoriously dangerous Arctic Ocean route. The feat took place during his non-stop 43,576-km (27,077-mile) circumnavigation of North and South America, starting on 13 June 2011 at Annapolis City Dock in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA, and finishing back where he started 310 days later on 18 April 2012.