A World of My Own: The first ever non-stop solo round the world voyage
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0713668997 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A gripping tale of human achievement, 'A World of My Own' also provides an honest, personal insight” Devon Life“A very readable story of adventure.” The Little Ship
"A must read for every sailor." according to J. Callaway. The story itself is very compelling. But what I took away from it was the author's inventiveness and dedication.As an owner of a coastal sailboat, it taught me the importance of not depending on technology. Using it is ok, but I also need to make sure I can safely reach port if all of the electronic gadgets fail and we are faced with pure sailing.Be forewarned, something about this book has given me the itch to do a trans-. Many sailors boast of adventures. I have endured blinding Where Waldo? Many sailors boast of adventures. I have endured blinding squalls (for 20 minutes at a time), 10 foot waves (for a night) and cannot hold a candle to this man. This man is a giant among sailors.. William Carpenter said Entertaining account of an important voyage. I enjoyed the very British humor of this author in describing his historic singlehanded around-the-world sail. A nice balance of description, technical information, and personal revelation.
On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almostunnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at herhelm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili,paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered andbrown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudderhead, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic receptionfor Robin, who had become the first man to sail round the worldnon-stop single-handed. A World of My Own is Robin's grippin
Of the 9 competitorshe was the only one to complete the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in1968 after 312 days alone at sea and win the trophy for the first solonon-stop circumnavigation. Since then Robin has participated in manyocean races including the Whitbread, and in 1994 co-skippered Enza withSir Peter Blake to set a new world record for a circumnavigation. Hehas been UK Yachtsman of the Year twice, International Yachtsman of theYear in 199