Sir Robin Knox Johnston: 2 books
Knox-Johnston on Seamanship & Seafaring
Lessons & experiences from the 50 years since the start of his record breaking voyage
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
On 14th June 1968 Robin Knox-Johnston set sail from Falmouth to take part in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race – the first, non-stop, single-handed sailing race around the world. He was an unknown 29-year old Merchant Navy Officer. Ten and a half months later he sailed back into Falmouth, the only...
A World of My Own
The First Ever Non-stop Solo Round the World Voyage
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost
unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her
helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili,
paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and
brown, her self-steering gone,...