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In September 2007, Holt completed his 1,500 sail around the United Kingdom in his 15ft trimaran dinghy "Freethinker" becoming the first severely disabled person to make the journey.
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Geoff Holt
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Paralysed in an accident at the age of eighteen, in 2007 he became the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail solo around Great Britain. In December 2007 he was named British Broadcasting Corporation South Sports Personality of the Year. In 2008, Holt wrote his autobiography "Walking on Water".
In December 2009 he set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean on his yacht the Impossible Dream, aiming to become the first quadriplegic to do southern
He succeeded in this 2,700 mile crossing, arriving on 7 January 2010. Of this award,he said “Foreign me this is the knighthood of sailing.″
In 2012 Holt was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.
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Holt was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
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