North East sailor makes history with solo round-the-world voyage

Gavin Engelbrecht Tue, 10 March 2026 at 11:31 am UTC·3 min read A North East man has sailed into the record books after completing an extraordinary solo journey around the world. Adam Waugh, 61, from Angerton, near Morpeth, became the first known Northumbrian to sail solo around the globe in a self-built yacht under 20 feet long.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Mr Waugh took on the inaugural Mini Globe Race in Little Wren, a 19-foot Class Globe 5.80 yacht he built by hand in his garden shed with no prior boatbuilding experience, naming the boat after a wren that nested in the shed during construction. Adam Waugh, 61, from Angerton in Northumberland, has become the first known...