Vito Dumas

Vito Dumas ( born September 26, 1900 in Palermo, Buenos Aires, † March 28, 1965 in Tigre, Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine single-handed sailor and writer.

At 25, Dumas presented in 1925 a world record in long-distance swimming on.

On December 13, 1931 Dumas left with his ship Legh the port of Arcachon ( Gironde Dept. ) and reached after 121 days the port of Buenos Aires.

Located in the Second World War, on 27 June 1942 Dumas embarked on his first world tour and returned on 27 August, 1943, safely back in his hometown. His ship was a ketch, and thus he made the first solo sailor on a trip all three major capes ( Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn ). The journey led, inter alia, over Cape Town, Wellington, Valparaíso and Mar del Plata.

In September 1945, Dumas sailed with his Legh II from Buenos Aires to New York. In 1955 with his new ship, the Sirio turn to New York.

On March 28, 1965 Dumas died at the age of about 64 years of a stroke in Tigre and took place at the Cementerio de la Chacarita ( Buenos Aires ), his final resting place in the local Panteon Centro Naval.

Works (selection)

  • Along through the roaring forties. TAB Books 2001, ISBN 0-07-137611-9.
  • In an impossible course ( " Los cuarentas Bramadores "). Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1950.
  • Mis viajes.
  • Solo, rumbo a la Cruz del Sur.

Honor

In Buenos Aires, a street is named after Vito Dumas.

  • Single-handed circumnavigator
  • Argentine
  • Born 1900
  • Died in 1965
  • Man
Palermo (Buenos Aires) Tigre, Buenos Aires Province Greater Buenos Aires Argentina La Chacarita Cemetery Name Authority File
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