Webb Chiles (born 1941), born Webb Tedford, is an American sailor and author noted for his offshore sailing. He has completed six circumnavigations, several of them single-handed, and is the author of seven books.
Early life
Webb Chiles was born in 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to California in 1963.
Sailing
The colors of the lines are those of the boats who made them: Yellow: EGREGIOUS White: CHIDIOCK TICHBORNE 1 and 2 Red: RESURGAM Green: THE HAWKE OF TUONELA Gray: GANNET
First Circumnavigation
Leaving in October 1975, from San Diego, he set the record for the fastest solo circumnavigation in his Ericson 37Egregious, with an eastwards passage around the three capes in 203 days. In this journey he also became the first American to round Cape Horn solo.
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