12/03/2026
Proud to have sponsored Jasmine Harrison, another epic journey and achievement and another World Record!!!!!!
Another World Record!
Solo sailor Jasmine Harrison completes the Mini Globe Race of 26,000nm in a 5.8m long boat.
Jasmine Harrison, world record holder, solo sailor, solo rower and swimmer sailed into Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, on 11th March 2026, 381 days after her departure from there in 2025, completing the first global circumnavigation by a British woman in the smallest boat known to have made that voyage.
Jasmine’s boat, named Numbatou, is a colourful homemade plywood yacht, only 5.8m (19 feet) long. Jasmine was a novice sailor when she first set out from Lagos, Portugal in December 2024 for her qualifying solo Atlantic Ocean crossing to enter the Mini Globe Race. Since setting off from Portugal she has sailed across four oceans, 26,000 nautical miles, stopping in fifteen countries. Fifteen sailors started the Mini Globe Race, only eleven finished it, and Jasmine was one of only two female sailors to enter. Jasmine, and Spanish entrant Pilar Pasanau on Peter Punk, are the first women in the world known to have completed a solo round-the-world sail in such small boats.
From Antigua Jasmine sailed to Panama, then across the Pacific Ocean stopping in the Marquesas, Tahiti, Tonga and Fiji. From Fiji the next stop was Thursday Island after a terrifying night-time sail through the Great Barrier Reef, then to the remote paradise of Cocos (Keeling) Island, to Rodrigues then Mauritius. From Mauritius she sailed fast on the currents to arrive in Durban, proceeding then along the infamous and notorious Agulhas current off the South African coast stopping in East London, Mossel Bay and Cape Town. On leaving Cape Town in December 2025 the only South Atlantic Ocean stop was St Helena. It was there during her 7-day pit stop Jasmine attempted to be the first person to swim around St. Helena, a feat of 30 miles in wild waters, accompanied by sharks which took her 18.5 hours, having done no exercise, or swimming training for a year! From St. Helena the penultimate race stop was the Carnivale city of Recife in Brazil, before the final leg of 2500 nm to Antigua, arriving on 10th March 2026.
Challenges along the way included storms, calms, knock-downs, a flooded cockpit, torn sails, equipment failures, logistics, bureaucracy, exhaustion, illness, injury, unlit fishing vessels, pirates, uncharted oil-rigs, near misses from large cargo ships, discarded fishing equipment and sargassum w**d entangling the boat, and unwanted boobie bird passengers with their propensity to poo everywhere, all alone with daily safety satellite calls. Creature comforts were few, with power provided by solar panels and water carried in containers. The boat was usually heeled over at 45 degrees and with a bucket for a toilet. Cooking was a rare luxury and fresh food lasted only a week or so out of port when it was available. Sleep was snatched in bursts of 20 minutes to a maximum of 2 hours at a time. Jasmine witnessed marine pollution in the oceans and washed up onto remote islands, its sources often thousands of miles away. The highs included dolphins swimming at the bow, whales, turtles and sharks as well as the friendship and hospitality of people across the world. Although alone whilst sailing and sometimes hundreds of miles from other vessels the camaraderie of the Mini Globe Race sailors endured across radio and phone calls, and fun in ports.
Asked about her feelings at the finish line Jasmine said
‘I’m relieved to have finished, but also sad that’s it’s over. It’s been an incredible journey, I took one stage at a time, never really absorbing the totality of the journey until now. To think that I’ve sailed solo around the world, across four oceans is surreal. It shows that if you really want to do a challenge then anything is possible, and it’s only by trying that you can succeed. I’d really like to thank my sponsors and supporters who have made this possible.’
Notes:
Jasmine was the youngest female to solo row the Atlantic Ocean in 2021, aged 21. She swam from Lands End to John O’Groats in 2022, the first female and only third person to achieve it and holds the Guinness World Record. She is a Forbes 30-under-30 lister (sports, Europe 2021) and holds the Freedom of both Thirsk and Sowerby, North Yorkshire. Jasmine is honoured to be a Squadron Sailing Associate of the Royal Yacht Squadron and is a member of the Ocean Cruising Club. She was awarded the Ocean Cruising Club Jester Trophy in 2025, an award previously won by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. She was a Rotary UK Young Citizen of the year 2023 and is a member of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland. She has previously raised over £30k for environmental and humanitarian charities. She works as swimming teacher and lifeguard.
The Mini Globe Race is a low tech, everyman boat race. All boats are of the same design, many are hand built by their skipper. More information on Mini Globe Race - Small Boat. Huge Adventure.
Contacts:
Team manager Susan Harrison via What’s App +44 7790 714245; Jasmine Harrison, via What’s App +44 7341 843694
[email protected], www.jasmine-harrison.com
Insta: jasminerharrison, Fb: Jasmine Harrison
