About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Single-handed sailors, Reid Stowe, Bill King, Abby Sunderland, Donald Crowhurst, Laura Dekker, Donald Attig, Zac Sunderland, Kon-Tiki, Steven Callahan, David Scott Cowper, Arthur Piver, Seb Clover, Kenichi Horie, Plastiki, Francis Joyon, Loick Peyron, Gregory Hillman, Hugo Vihlen, Tristan Jones, Ann Davison, Howard Blackburn, Herbert Hasler, Hilary Lister, Nigel Burgess, Franck Cammas, Abora, Alfred "Centennial" Johnson, Henk de Velde, Amyr Klink, Clare Francis, Nigel Tetley, Tom McClean, Tony Bullimore, Isabelle Autissier, Bruno Peyron, John Ridgway, Magellan Global Adventure, Pete Goss, Eric Tabarly, Gerry Spiess, Harry Harkimo, Krzysztof Baranowski, Robert Manry, Vito Dumas, Philippe Monnet, Alex Thomson, Jean Luc Van Den Heede, Gerry Hughes, Henryk Jaskula, Crafton family sailing voyage, Gerry Roufs, Richard Konkolski, Eric Dumont. Excerpt: William Reid Stowe (born January 6, 1952) is an American artist and mariner. Stowe grew up around sailboats on the East Coast, sailing on the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in his late teens and early 20's. By age 26, he had built two of his own sailboats with the help of his family and friends. Stowe subsequently sailed to the Antarctic with his schooner Anne in 1986 and completed a 194-day journey without touching land in 1999. In 2010 Stowe completed a more extensive ocean voyage, entitled 1000 Days at Sea: The Mars Ocean Odyssey-a journey that commenced on April 21, 2007 from the 12th St. Pier, Hoboken, New Jersey. Stowe was the principal designer and builder of the Anne, a 70 ft (21.3 m), 60-ton (54,400 kg) gaff-rigged schooner which he sailed on this voyage. The purpose of the enterprise was to remain on the open ocean, without resupply or pulling into any harbor, for a period of one thousand days, along with some other goals that were not met, such as...
