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Malaysian sailor
Yang Berbahagia DatukAzhar MansorDPPJ
Mansor sailing his yacht Jalur Gemilang in 1999
Born (1958-02-11) February 11, 1958 (age 66)
Perlis, Malaysia
NationalityMalaysian
OccupationSailor
Years active1998 - Present
Known forThe first Malaysian to complete a solo circumnavigation of the globe on sailing yacht Jalur Gemilang.
AwardsPerformance Certificate from WSSR (World Speed Sailing Record Council) for Round the World, assisted, (stops,) eastabout, single-handed.

Datuk Azhar Mansor is the first Malaysian to sail solo around the world. He made his trip in 1999, sailing the ship Jalur Gemilang. His round the world trip, with stops, took 190 days, 6 hours 57 minutes and 2 seconds

Honour

Successes

Datuk Azhar has managed to set a new world record via an East about route, attempted by no-one and has been verified by the WSSRC (World Speed Sailing Record Council) as an official record.

Azhar is currently based in Langkawi managing Telaga Harbour Park, one of Malaysia's finest marinas.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Performance certificates". World Sailing Speed Record Council. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. Azhar gets a hero's welcome Archived June 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Mariner Azhar receives Perlis royal award". New Straits Times. 28 October 1999. p. 8.


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