Bill Pinkney in Chicago aboard his 47-foot cutter, Commitment, in September 1989. He set sail on his epic voyage the following August out of Boston.

Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall.

Bill Pinkney was the first Black sailor to single-handedly circle the globe under the five southernmost capes, a voyage that included navigating the hazardous waves and the gusty winds off Cape Hor… ...

Bill Pinkney wrote a book, "Captain Bill Pinkney's Journey," about his adventures. And two years ago, when he and CBS 2's Jim Williams spoke, he marveled at the swift passage of time.

Bill Pinkney, the first African American sailor to sail the world solo, died Thursday in Atlanta while filming an upcoming National Geographic documentary about the Atlantic slave trade. He was 87.

Bill Pinkney, who battled storms, dehydration, sleep deprivation and loneliness while sailing alone around the world, becoming the first Black sailor to do so by way of a treacherous route around ...

Bill Pinkney got his first taste of floating on water as a boy riding a sightseeing boat on the Chicago River. Years later he served in the Navy, though he spent most of his enlistment as an X-ray ...

It took Pinkney 22 months to complete the 27,000-mile circumnavigation. The Chicago Blackhawks finished off the Philadelphia Flyers on June 9, 2010, to capture the team's first Stanley Cup since 1961.