Henryk Jaskuła

Henryk Jaskuła (22 October 1923 – 14 May 2020)[1] was a yachtsman, sailing captain, and electrical engineer. He was the first Pole to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. He achieved it on the yacht Dar Przemyśla.

Henryk Jaskuła
Henryk Jaskuła in SY Dar Przemyśla.
Born(1923-10-22)22 October 1923
Radziszów
Died14 May 2020(2020-05-14) (aged 96)
Przemysl
Nationality Poland
OccupationYachtsman - Sea Captain

Jaskuła became the third man to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and single-handed on 20 May 1980, the day he returned to Gdynia.

Personal life

He has two daughters: physicist Lidia Morawska and Aleksandra.[2]

Orders

References
  1. "Zmarł Henryk Jaskuła". www.radio.rzeszow.pl (in Polish). 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Kim jest Lidia Morawska? Polka została wyróżniona przez magazyn Time" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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