Brian 'BJ' Caldwell (born December 17, 1975) is an American sailor.
He spent seven years cruising the South Pacific with his parents when he was young, returning to Hawaii at age 15.
He departed Hawaii aged 19 and completed his voyage on September 28, 1996.
[1] Caldwell departed from Honolulu, Hawaii on June 1, 1995, traveling to Vanuatu, Cocos (Keeling), Mauritius, Durban, Cape Town, St. Helena, Grenada, Panama, and returning to Honolulu on September 28, 1996.
Caldwell reported a number of difficulties on his voyage, "I was rolled by a big wave in the Indian Ocean, I was almost run down by a supertanker.