Martin Creamer, who died recently at the age of 104, was a retired professor of geography at Glassboro State College, now Rowan University, in Glassboro, N.J. He is best remembered, however, for sailing around the world on a 36-foot sailboat without the use of navigational instruments. That is without the use of a watch, a radio, a compass, a sextant, or GPS. He is believed to be the only person ever to do so.
At 66, Creamer set off on December 21, 1982, aboard his steel-hulled boat — the 36-foot Globe Star.” His 513-day journey would entail nearly a year at sea, plus time in ports for repairs and reprovisioning.
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