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Presidential Address: Around The World In Less Than Eighty Days

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Robin Knox-Johnston
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Abstract

In January 1993 our target for a circumnavigation was eighty days but, having been struck halfway between Africa and Australia by an object which holed our starboard hull, we were forced to pull out, and a Frenchman – Commodore Explorer – got round first in just 18 hours under the magic Jules Verne figure. It all seemed to be over, except that we were convinced it could be done more quickly – in seventy-seven days anyway, and perhaps (holding our breath) even seventy-five with some luck. We were keen to have another go at winning the Trophy and fortunately so was our sponsor – the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board. Preparations began immediately.

Keywords

1. Ocean racing.2. Circumnavigation.
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , May 1995 , pp. 161 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1995

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