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Who was the first Maltese to sailed around the world on a sailing yacht?
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The first and only Maltese to sailed around the world was Joseph Schembri.He emigrated to Canada in 1961,after two years he moved to United States ,eleven years later he went to Australia He settled in Sydney.Eleven years later he started building a John Pugh design `Fairwind `a 50` steel ketch `Bahhar` in Sydney Australia.Departed from Sydney Harbor in March 22 1982. Sailed from Darwin to Christmas Island in the Indian ocean then visited Cocas Keeling SriLanka India Oman the Island of Socotra The Red Sea Yeman Sudan Egypt Cyprus Turkey Greece Italy Malta Tunisia Algeria Spain Portugal Caniries Islands Cape Verde Trinidad &Tobago Venezeala Columbia The ABC Is. Aruba Bonair & Curacao Panama Equador Galapgos Is. Marquesas Is.Tuamotu Arcipaligo Society Is.Cook Is. Niue Is. Tonga Is. Fiji Matthew Is,Walpole Is. New Caledonia and Sydney The complete circumnavigation took twelve years
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