| Achievement | Sailor | Yacht | Dates / Times | Places |
| First (stopping) singlehanded circumnavigation of the world | Joshua Slocum, USA | Spray | 1895-1898 | Boston to Boston |
| First one stop, singlehanded circumnavigation | Francis Chichester, GBR | Gipsy Moth IV | 1966-1967 | Plymouth to Plymouth, stopped Sydney |
| First non stop, singlehanded circumnavigation | Robin Knox-Johnston, GBR | Suhaili | 1968-1969 | Falmouth to Falmouth |
| First non stop, singlehanded, circumnavigation by woman | Kay Cottee (now Kay Sutton), AUS | First Lady | 1987-1988, 189 days | Sydney to Sydney |
| Longest series non stop, singlehanded circumnavigations | Jon Sanders, AUS | Parry Endeavour | 1986-1988 | 3 continuous circumnavigations one westabout, two eastabout, 657 days |
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Youngest non stop, singlehanded, circumnavigation Category discontinued |
Jesse Martin, AUS (Aged 18) | Lionheart | 1999-327 days | Melbourne to Melbourne |
| Atlantic, first solo sailing | Alfred Johnson, USA | Centennial | 1876, 20’ loa, 46 days | Maine, US, to Wales, UK, to celebrate US Centennial |
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Atlantic, oldest, singlehanded, sailing Category discontinued |
Stefan Szwarnowski, GBR (Born 1912) | Tawny Pipit | 1989, 72 days | New Jersey to Bude, England |
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Disabled sailor, non stop, singlehanded, circumnavigation. Category discontinued
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Vincent Lauwers, AUS | Vision Quest | 2000, 233 days | Melbourne to Melbourne |
