Ken Gourlay

Ken has raised over $127,000 to fund research into eye sight disorders and diseases in children between 7 and 13.

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Key to the city. On the 1st of September 2007, four months after Ken Arrived back home he was honoured by the mayor and aldermen of his home city of Launceston. Ken was presented with the key to the city. This was the first time any citizen of Launceston had this honour bestowed upon them.	*Click to enlarge

At 0418 and 17 seconds on Saturday, May 5, 2007, Tasmanian sailor Ken Gourlay aboard Spirit Silver Edition re-crossed the longitude of 142 deg 41 east of Greenwich which he crossed on November 8, 2006, at 1235hrs on his outward leg completing a circumnavigation of the world solo, unassisted and non-stop. At 10.30 am on Sunday, May 6, 2007, he cleared customs and quarrantine at Devonport to a big welcome and then returned to the Tamar River. An official welcome was held at 4 pm on Monday, May 7, 2007, at Home Point in Launceston. Ken started his circumnavigation off the Mersey Bluff in Bass Strait at 4.28pm on Monday, November 6, 2006.

Ken has raised $127,000 for a medical research study into eyesight disorders and related eye-health conditions thought due to changes in children's lifestyle and leisure activites, exposure to TV and computer screens, and mobile phone games. The use of sets of twins in this Tasmanian based study will allow for comparison measurements and follow up study over the next 2 to 3 years.