Vito Dumas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vito Dumas

Argentine sailor

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1900

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 28-Mar-1965

Profession: navigator, swimmer, boxer

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Vito Dumas

  • Vito Dumas (September 26, 1900 – March 28, 1965) was an Argentine single-handed sailor. On 27 June 1942, while the world was in the depths of World War II, he set out on a single-handed circumnavigation of the Southern Ocean.
  • He left Buenos Aires in June, sailing LEHG II, a 31-foot ketch an acronym representing "four names which marked my life".
  • He had only the most basic and makeshift gear; he had no radio, for fear of being shot as a spy, and was forced to stuff his clothes with newspaper to keep warm. With only three landfalls, the legs of his trip were the longest that had been made by a single-hander, and in the most ferocious oceans on the Earth; but most of all, it was a powerful retort to a world which had chosen to divide itself by war.
  • He recounted the experience in his book Los Cuarenta Bramadores: La Vuelta al Mundo Por la "Ruta Imposible" (Alone Through The Roaring Forties). He donated his boat to the Argentine Navy for training, but after a few years it was neglected, and was finally wrecked against a pier at the entrance of La Plata's port in 1966.
  • A wealthy Argentine yachtsman paid to have it restored and donated it to the Argentina Naval Museum in Tigre, a coastal river town on a backwater of the River Plate.
  • The LEHG II is now on display in Tigre, which is a short train ride from Buenos Aires. Dumas was the inspiration for an Argentine tango entitled Navegante, written by Jaime Yanin (music) and José Horacio Staffolani (lyrics).
  • It was recorded in Buenos Aires on 5 August 1943 by the Orquesta típica of Carlos di Sarli, featuring Roberto Rufino on vocals.

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