Seventy six year-old Stanley Paris set sail from St. David’s this morning, hoping to become the oldest man to circumnavigate the globe.

His attempt comes more than 10 years after his son Alan completed the trip to become the first Bermudian to do so on his boat Velocity.

Paris sr. is sailing his 64ft cutter Kiwi Spirit, hoping to achieve three goals:

• To complete the circumnavigation in less than 150 day six hours and one minute, which is the previous record held by Dodge Morgan.

• To become the oldest person to complete the voyage.

• To complete the navigation without using any fuel at all. All power will be supplied by wind and solar energy with sealed diesel tanks available in case of emergency.

He’s carrying 120 dehydrated meals, 120 deep frozen meals and a large stock of MRIs and dried foods. Water will be collected from the deck and the vessel has an electric water maker.

Mr Paris will have satellite communications and will be writing a blog every couple of days or so, this can be viewed at www.stanleyparis.com

He also has a yellow brick tracker that will enable people to follow his progress http://my.yb.tl/KIWISPIRIT

The most treacherous part of the voyage is expected to be the rounding of the Cape Horn at a latitude of around 56 Degrees South.