John Ridgway

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John Manfield Ridgway MBE (born July 8, 1938 ) is a British rower, sailor and author.

biography

Ridgway attended Pangbourne Nautical College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He served with the British Armed Forces Special Air Service (SAS). In 1966, as captain of the British Paratrooper Regiment, he rowed across the Atlantic with Chay Blyth in an open dory , the English Rose III. They took 92 days, making them the second team after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen in 1896 to successfully complete this route. In 1967 Ridgway and Blyth were awarded the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service for this achievement, which at the time was considered impossible .

In 1964 he married Marie Christine Ridgway, the daughter of Air Marshal Sir John d'Albiac .

In 1968 he, like Blyth, took part in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race with his Sloop English Rose IV , an attempt to become the first single-handed sailor to circumnavigate the world non-stop, but had to abandon the race at Recife , Brazil .

In 1969 he founded the John Ridgway School of Adventure in Ardmore, Sutherland , Scotland , which is now run by his daughter Rebecca.

In 1977/78 he took part in the Whitbread Round the World Race with his yacht Debenhams .

In 1983/84 Ridgway and Andy Briggs sailed around the world non-stop with the school's ketch , the English Rose VI, in a record time of 203 days.

In 1987 he was awarded the Mungo Park Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society .

In 2003/04, Ridgway circled the world with the English Rose VI as part of a United Nations Environment Program campaign to protect albatrosses.

bibliography

  • A fighting chance. with Chay Blyth, Pan Books / Readers Book Club, 1966, ISBN 9780330020411 .
  • Journey to Ardmore. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1971, ISBN 9780340125120 .
  • Cockleshell Journey: The adventures of three men and a girl. Travel Book Club, 1975, ISBN 9780340174319 .
  • Storm Passage: A Winter's Voyage to the Sun. Quality Book Club, 1977, ISBN 9780340198247 .
  • Round the World with John Ridgway. with Marie C. Ridgway, William Heinemann Ltd, 1978, ISBN 9780030437519 .
  • Round the world non-stop. with Andrew Briggs, Round the World Non-Stop, 1985, ISBN 9780850597578 .
  • Flood tide. Hodder & Stoughton, 1989, ISBN 9780340320273 .
  • Then we sailed away. with Marie C. Ridgway and Rebecca Ridgway, Little Brown, 1996, ISBN 9780316877091 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JOHN RIDGWAY and Chay Blyth , on oceanrowing.com
  2. ^ Jordan Hanssen: Rowing into the Son: Four Young Men Crossing the North Atlantic. Mountaineers Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-59485-635-8
  3. ↑ Nicolas Tomalin and Ron Hall: The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1970, ISBN 978-0-34012-920-3
  4. ^ Antonia Senior: Sutherland: Cape Wrath . In: The Times , July 25, 2009, p. 11. 
  5. ^ Archives Volvo Ocean Race . 
  6. ↑ ENGLISH ROSE VI VOYAGE TO PROTECT THE ALBATROSS , on edm.parliament.uk
personal data
SURNAME Ridgway, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ridgway, John Manfield
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower, sailor and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1938