There's nothing like starting the planning of a voyage with: a limp (slipped on wet deck skylight damaging his leg), lost architectural drawings, poor plumbing (lavatory backs up into the sink when boat keels), a wife/publicist with a damaged eye (hit when curtain pulling cord swung back), a boat that is too heavy, and an unexpected 50% cost overrun. In my high school book report blogging tradition, I will attempt to summarize each chapter in a sentence.īased on his extensive aviation and sailing experience, Francis Chichester secretly wanted a voyage around the world faster than any small boat had made before - lincluding circumnavigating The Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn. So when my neighbor, Tom Linney, offered to loan me his copy of Gipsy Moth Circles The World, I jumped at the opportunity. Maurice has stories of his adventures and the generous people they met during their travels. Years ago my colleague, Director of Strategic Innovation, Maurice Conti, sailed his wife and children (before they started school) around the world.
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