Another World Record!...

Solo sailor Jasmine Harrison completes the Mini Globe Race of 26,000nm in a 5.8m long boat.

Jasmine Harrison, world record holder, solo sailor, solo rower and swimmer sailed into Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, on 11th March 2026, 381 days after her departure from there in 2025, completing the first global circumnavigation by a British woman in the smallest boat known to have made that voyage.

Jasmine’s boat, named Numbatou, is a colourful homemade plywood yacht, only 5.8m (19 feet) long.

Jasmine was a novice sailor when she first set out from Lagos, Portugal in December 2024 for her qualifying solo Atlantic Ocean crossing to enter the Mini Globe Race. Since setting off from Portugal she has sailed across four oceans, 26,000 nautical miles, stopping in fifteen countries.



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