Category 1 is always the greatest level of hazard (that is, it is the most hazardous within that class). If Category 1 is further divided, Category 1A within the same hazard class is a greater hazard than category 1B. Category 2 within the same hazard class is more hazardous than category 3, and so on.
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Other transatlantic records. 1  In 1969, Briton John Fairfax became the first person to row across the Atlantic single-handed. 2  In 1952, Frenchman Alain Bombard made the first crossing in a rubber dingy. 3  In 1988, another Frenchman, Remy Bricka, took 64 days to ski across the Atlantic on polyester floats.