First black man, Jewish convert to sail globe solo south of Chile, 87
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 8, 2023
(September 7, 2023 / JNS)
It took Bill Pinkney 22 months and 27,000 miles to sail on The Commitment around the world alone in 1992, inspiring a documentary and presidential praise.
In doing so, he became the second black man to make such a trip—and the first to go south of Chile. Pinkney started in Boston, navigated around Cape Horn and proceeded west . . .
