The First and the Fastest

Comparing Robin Knox-Johnston and Ellen MacArthur's Round-the-World Voyages

By: Nigel Sharp

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Paperback | 1 August 2018

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Comparing Robin Knox-Johnston's and Ellen MacArthur's famed round-the- world voyages.

This is the story of two single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyages: Robin Knox-Johnston's in 1968/9 and Ellen MacArthur's in 2004/5. 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 36 years of technological developments. These gave MacArthur the opportunity for a considerably faster voyage, but that came at a price in that her trimaran BandQ provided more challenges than Knox-Johnston’s monohull Suhaili. MacArthur is no longer "the fastest" – her time has since been beaten by two Frenchmen – but she is still the fastest British sailor solo circumnavigator, while Knox-Johnston will always be "the first".

Book Features:

A unique comparison of great British achievement
Timed for the launch of the new Golden Globe race departing from Falmouth on 18th June 2018
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage in 1968/9
Covers the backgrounds to the voyages, the sailing crafts, the voyages themselves and the individual hardships endured, homecomings, what came next, and other round-the-world races
There has never been a biography of Knox-Johnstone and the book will consider both sailors’ subsequent careers
Author has written widely on sailing through history

About the Author

Nigel Sharp spent 35 years in the boat building and repair industry, mostly in various project management-type positions. He had a change of course in 2010 when he became a freelance marine writer. Since then he has had many articles published as well as three books. He lives in Falmouth.

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