Complex sentence: Hughes also became the world's first deaf yachtsman to sail single-handed around the world to pass the five great capes-he departed Troon, Scotland on 1 September 2012 and returned to Troon on 8 May 2013.
Split into simpler sentences: Hughes also became the world's first deaf yachtsman to sail single-handed around the world to pass the five great capes. He departed Troon, Scotland on 1 September 2012 and returned to Troon on 8 May 2013.