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Jonathan ("Jono") Dunnett (born 11 March 1974) is a British-born Spanish-based adventurer, writer, and windsurfing instructor. As of 2018, he partially completed an [a solo?] expedition to windsurf the European mainland coastline on a [surfboard?] windsurfer.

Biography
Jonathan Dunnett was born in London, England, on 11 March 1974. [At age?,] he learned to sail in a Topper dinghy at Clacton-on-Sea, where his family spent weekends. He learned to windsurf at age 10 and competed in Raceboard class from [from ages 15 to?] age 15. His brother is novelist Gregg Dunnett.

He earned [a joint bachelor's? degree with honors?] Joint honours degree in Biology and Psychology, from Swansea University [in year?].

From 1997 to 2012 he [was?] worked as a sailing instructor on the [Spanish?] island of Menorca, where he maintains a [home?] base. In 1998 he completed, with safety boat support, what [he presumes is the?] is assumed to be the first single-day [windsurf to precede round Minroca?] [windsurf. [delete Subsequently he?] He represented Menorca at the Natwest Island Games, taking gold for the island three times (Rhodes 2007 - [RS: X?] RS:X class, Aland 2009 - Raceboard class , and Isle of Wight 2011 - slalom).

Windsurf Round Britain
In 2015 he achieved his childhood ambition to windsurf round Britain, becoming the fourth person to complete the circumnavigation this way, and the first to complete it alone without support. The expedition started and ended at Clacton-on-Sea. He carried gear in a waterproof barrel on the back of the [surf?]board and in a small backpack. He frequently used the sail as a shelter at night. The expedition included the following crossings: North Devon to South Wales via Lundy Island; South Wales to southern Ireland; and Northern Ireland to Scotland.

In 2017 he published his expedition account, "Long Standing Ambition: the first solo round Britain windsurf" that Amazon selected as a finalist for their 2017 Storyteller Award.

Windsurf Round Europe
On 20 May 2017 he sailed from Grense Jakobselv, Norway, on the border of Russia at latitude 69 North in the Barents Sea in an attempt to windsurf the mainland [coast?] coastline of Europe. The expedition [goal?] target is to reach the European border with Russia in the Black Sea, though he concedes that the political situation in the Black Sea [area?] might [thwart it?] frustrate the goal. [In early 2018? or [On month, 2018?] At the beginning of 2018, a severe [case of?] flu and difficult winter sailing conditions on the Cantabrian Sea forced him to take a two-month break in Menorca. He resumed the expedition in March 2018.

As of August 2018, he is sailing along the west coast of Italy. Assuming current progress is maintained, he will likely reach Ukraine during winter 2018-2019.

On this solo expedition without a support team, Dunnett carries all supplies and gear on the [surfboard?] sailboard. His emergency equipment includes EPIRB, handheld VHF radio, cellular phone, waterproof Headlamp, [headlamp instead of Headlamp?] dried food, and water.

Dunnett's expedition goals beyond the personal challenge are "to get to know my continent as a logical next step after getting to know my island (Britain)," and to raise awareness for environmental and sustainability issues. The expedition, by its route and mode of travel, provides access to many hard-to-reach coasts and allows Dunnett to observe the status of the waters and shores, which he reports on the [expedition?] website and social networks.

Dunnett uses the website to raise funds for World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Sponsors
Organizations that provide expedition equipment include —
 * Starboard
 * Severne Sails
 * Tushingham Sails
 * Aquapac
 * Stohlquist Waterware
 * YB Tracking

Books

 * Long Standing Ambition: the first round Britain windsurf by Jonno Dunnett
 * Can I Eat That? by Jenefer Roberts [LINK BROKEN], edited by Jonathan Dunnett