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<p>On Friday 14 June 1968 <i>Suhaili</i>, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later <i>Suhaili</i>,<br> paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and brown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudder head, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic reception for Robin, who had become the first man to sail round the world non-stop single-handed.</p> <p>By every standard it was an incredible adventure, perhaps the last great uncomputerised journey left to man. Every hazard, every temptation to abandon the astounding voyage came Robin's way, from polluted water tanks, smashed cabin top and collapsed boom to lost self-steering gear and sheered off tiller, and all before the tiny ketch had fought her way to Cape Horn, the point of no return, the fearsome test of any seaman's nerve and determination.</p> <p><i>A World of My Own</i> is Robin's gripping, uninhibited, moving account of one of the greatest sea adventures of our time. An instant bestseller, it is now reissued for a new generation of readers to be enthralle

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Author

Knox-Johnston, Robin

Publisher

Adlard Coles;Bloomsbury Publishing

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472901187

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Travel, Biography

Rating

4.6 / 5 (1,227 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14