Henryk Jaskuła

Henryk Jaskuła
Henryk Jaskuła
	Henryk Jaskuła in SY Dar Przemyśla.
Born	22 October 1923; Radziszów
Died	14 May 2020 (aged 96); Przemysl
Nationality	Poland
Occupation	Yachtsman - Sea Captain

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]

^ "Zmarł Henryk Jaskuła". www.radio.rzeszow.pl (in Polish). 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
^ "Kim jest Lidia Morawska? Polka została wyróżniona przez magazyn Time" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 September 2021.

This article about an explorer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a Polish engineer, inventor or industrial designer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.