NOW UNDER WAY: The Ultimate Challenge...

shutendohji3Saito-san has now left on Saito Challenge 8 and is making good time as he heads for his first waypoint near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, on a leg of 2,988 nautical miles.

Following the Guinness Record completion in June 2005 of his seventh single-handed circumnavigation, Challenge 8 this time entails a far more daunting westbound non-stop voyage against the prevailing winds, waves, and currents.

With the help of an all-volunteer group of supporters, Saito-san acquired a “new” boat for Saito Challenge 8, a 1989 56-foot steel-hulled cutter-rigged sloop designed and built in Hawaii and given a total refit in Auckland, NZ.

Click to read the daily log or view the position report chart as Saito single-hands the 25,500 nm circumnavigation following the “Great Capes” route that is expected to take 7 months to complete non-stop and unassisted.

Click to read Boating New Zealand’s article on Saito-san and Nicole BMW Shuten-dohji III.
 

NEWS FLASH!

Today’s Position Report

More than 200 attend Gala Fundraising Party...

We extend our gratitude and appreciation to everyone who supported the event. The party-cum-fundraising event was a rousing success, thanks to everyone’s combined efforts to get out the word, and the actual enthusiastic support provided. The Bayside Yokohama venue was absolutely perfect for our Gala Party!

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guinessSaito Gains Guinness World Record as Oldest Solo Non-stop Circumnavigator

We received official word from Guinness World Records that Saito-san was included in the 2007 Guinness World Records book. It came as a welcome surprise, since we had never received the notification. This recognition joins the Blue Water Medal and Single-handed Sailing Hall of Fame honors he received in 2006.

Click here for the official Guinness World Records entry

Saito 8 Booths a Big Hit
at Japan Boat Shows

More than 20 volunteers help tell the Saito Challenge 8 story to visitors during annual 4-day marine event in Yokohama... Click for details

Our volunteers did it again... at the 3-day Yokohama “Floating Boat Show”... Click for photos

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Minoru Saito's incredible life story is featured in Classic Yacht online magazine, in a two-part series.

Part 1 (begins p38) • Part 2 (begins p74)

articleClassic Yacht’s update on Saito’s “repositioning voyage” of Nicole BMW Shuten-dohji.

Current Issue:

See the movie trailer of the US-made TV series These Amazing People featuring Saito: A "7-episode series about the most outrageous, funny, inspirational people around the world." Thanks to TPI Ltd. for this tremendous tribute!

 

 

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World’s Top Adventure Sailor, 2006

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Minoru Saito wins the Cruising Club of America’s Blue Water Medal, the highest international accolade for adventure sailors. Click to read more.