The First and the Fastest Comparing Robin Knox-Johnston and Ellen Macarthur's Round-the-World Voyages

This is the story of two single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyages: Robin Knox-Johnston's in 1968/69 and Ellen MacArthur's in 2004/05. Although there were similarities - both voyages started and finished in Falmouth, for instance, and neither sailor was in a conventional race - the story is mainly one of contrasts, mostly as a consequence of thirty-six years of technological developments. These gave MacArthur the opportunity for a considerably faster voyage, but that didn't necessarily make things any easier for her. When Knox-Johnston set sail in Suhaili, no one knew if it was possible for a human being or a boat to survive such a voyage; and when MacArthur commissioned her boat B&Q, many considered that a high-performance trimaran of that size could not be safely sailed around the world by one person. Whatever comparisons are made, the question as to which was the greater achievement is futile: both voyages were utterly remarkable. MacArthur is no longer 'the fastest', of course - her time has since been beaten by three Frenchmen - but she is still the fastest British solo circumnavigator, while Knox-Johnston's record as 'the first' will be there for all time.

ISBN:	9780750986946
Publisher:	The History Press
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	11 Jun 2018
DEWEY:	910.410922
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	205 , 8 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	504g
Height:	240mm
Width:	170mm
Spine width:	23mm

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