Henryk Jaskuła Explained

Henryk Jaskuła
Birth Date:	22 October 1923
Birth Place:	Radziszów
Death Place:	Przemysl

Henryk Jaskuła (22 October 1923 – 14 May 2020)^[1] was a yachtsman, sailing captain, and electrical engineer. He was the first Pole to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. He achieved it on the yacht Dar Przemyśla.

Jaskuła became the third man to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and single-handed on 20 May 1980, the day he returned to Gdynia.

Personal life

He has two daughters: physicist Lidia Morawska and Aleksandra.^[2]

Orders

• Polonia Restituta Officer's Cross

Bibliography

• Henryk Jaskuła - Polish Sailing Encyclopedia (pl.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zmarł Henryk Jaskuła. 15 May 2020. www.radio.rzeszow.pl. Polish. 15 May 2020. dead. 15 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200515214857/https://www.radio.rzeszow.pl/wiadomosci/31666/zmarl-zeglarz-henryk-jaskula.
2. Web site: Kim jest Lidia Morawska? Polka została wyróżniona przez magazyn Time . pl . 16 September 2021.