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Suhaili

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s 32ft ketch, Suhaili, is one of the most famous small sailboats in the world. Built in India for the fateful 1968-69 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, she was the first boat to complete a single-handed, nonstop voyage around the world. Suhaili was the only one of the nine entrants to make it to the finish, thus winning both first place and fastest circumnavigation. Knox-Johnston gave his prize money to the family of fellow competitor Donald Crowhurst, who died during the race.

was for a time retired to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, where she remained for five years. The controlled conditions of the museum warped her teak planking and in 2002, Knox-Johnston removed her from the museum and began repairing the damage. Since then, she has made