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, her tiller arm jury rigged to
the rudder head, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a
fantastic reception for Robin, who had become the first man to sail
round the world non-stop single-handed. By every standard it was an
incredible adventure, perhaps the last great uncomputerised journey
left to man. Every hazard, every temptation to abandon the
astounding voyage came Robin's way, from polluted water tanks,
smashed cabin top and collapsed boom to lost self-steering gear and
sheered off tiller, and all before the tiny ketch had fought her
way to Cape Horn, the point of no return, the fearsome test of any
seaman's nerve and determination. A World of My Own is Robin's
gripping, uninhibited, moving account of one of the greatest sea
adventures of our time. An instant bestseller, it is now reissued
for a new generation of readers to be enthralled and inspired.
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