Kenichi Horie, 83, becomes world's oldest to complete a solo Pacific crossing

Tokyo: An 83-year-old famed ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie became the oldest person ever to embarked on a solo, non-stop trip across the Pacific. The yachtsman arrived at the Kii Strait off western Japan early Saturday morning after a two-month trip that started from a yacht harbour in San Francisco in March

This is just the latest achievement of the Japanese Octogenarian, who sailed from Japan to San Francisco in 1962 at the age of 23 and became the first person in the world to sail alone across the Pacific.

According to the public relations team for his latest voyage, Hori's return to Japan on Saturday made him the oldest person in the world to cross the largest and deepest ocean on earth on a solo, non-stop crossing, NDTV reports.

After describing a three day battle with the pushback from a current, he wrote on his blog, I'm about to cross the finish line, I'm exhausted."

His Pacific Crossing in 1962 made headlines when he began his journey without a passport, in essence, smuggling his way to the United States.

Sixty years ago, "I was constantly anxious and stressed that I might get caught... My condition was the worst," he blogged in April.

"But this time it's different, I was sent off by many people and have their support through tracking systems and wireless radio. I couldn't be more grateful."

Hori is best known for his solo voyage around the world in 1974 and the longitudinal voyage around the world between 1978 and 1982, excluding the Pacific Crossing of 1962.

The latest expedition was his first expedition since 2008 on a 31-foot wave-powered boat from Honolulu to the Kii Strait.