Vito Dumas

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

Life

At the age of 25, Dumas set a world record in long-distance swimming in 1925 .

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

In the middle of the Second World War , on June 27, 1942, Dumas set out on his world tour and returned safely to his hometown Buenos Aires on August 27, 1943. His ship was a ketch ; With this he managed to be the first single-handed sailor to circumnavigate all three major capes ( Cape of Good Hope , Cape Leeuwin , Cape Horn ). The trip led u. a. via Cape Town , Wellington , Valparaíso and Mar del Plata .

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

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

Works (selection)

• Along through the roaring forties . TAB Books 2001, ISBN 0-07-137611-9 .
• On 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.