The sport of single-handed sailing or solo sailing is sailing with only one crewmember (i.e., only one person on board the vessel). The term is usually used with reference to ocean and long-distance sailing, and particularly competitive sailing.
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“There’s precious little to say between day and dark,
Perhaps a few words on the implacable will
Of time sailing like a magic barque
Or something as fine for the amenities....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)