The Strange Last Voyage of Donald CrowhurstThe Sailor's Classics library introduces a new generation of readers to the best books ever written about small boats under sail In the autumn of 1968, Donald Crowhurst set sail from England to participate in the first single-handed nonstop around-the-world sailboat race. Eight months later, his boat was found in the mid-Atlantic, intact but with no one on board. In this gripping reconstruction, journalists Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall tell the story of Crowhurst's ill-fated voyage. |
Other editions - View all
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst: Now Filmed As The Mercy Nicholas Tomalin,Ron Hall Limited preview - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
aboard arrived Atlantic boat Bridgwater Buenos Aires cabin cable calculations Cape Horn Capetown chart Chichester's Christmas chronometer circumnavigation Clare Crowhurst coast cockpit cosmic course December decided deck Donald Crowhurst Donald Kerr Eastwoods Electron Utilisation fake float Franchessi Francis Chichester Gipsy Moth Gipsy Moth IV going Golden Globe Hasler hatch hulls idea John Elliot June Knox-Johnston later Logbook looked mast matey miles mind mizzen Moitessier multihull Navicator navigational never Peter Beard Picardy Portishead position problems race Radio Log radio-telephone realised Rio Salado Roaring Forties Robin Knox-Johnston Rodney Hallworth round the world route sailor seemed self-steering self-steering gear sight single-handed South Southern Ocean speed Stanley Best started story Sunday tape recordings Teignmouth Electron telegram Tetley things thought tion told took trimaran trying Victress voyage wanted week wife wind worried writing wrote yacht