Sailing Solo: One Man's Journey Through the World's Loneliest Race
summary
Account covers a solo Golden Globe Race entry that sails 30,000 miles non‑stop using 1969‑era navigation, lives ~8 months at sea and rounds the Great Capes, then suffers lost mast and broken self‑steering in a Southern Ocean storm. Emergency EPIRB/Yellow Brick messages trigger rescue procedures, a drogue is deployed and extended hand‑steering runs last up to 48 hours, and after a capsize the competitor is rescued by Taiwanese fishing trawler Z Da Wang, spends 10 days aboard, loses the boat Puffin and later returns to France to complete the journey.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 34:43The Capsize
- 36:35Survival mode
- 40:18The Rescue
- 46:48So where's the ladder?
- 50:29Letting Puffin go
- 51:20Davy Jones' locker
- 53:52Cape Town
- 57:14Closing the circle
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