The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic

The Long Way is Bernard Moitessier's own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, nonstop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn.

For seven months, the veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, gearfailures, knockdowns, as well as overwhelming fatigue and loneliness.

Then, nearing the finish, Moitessier pulled out of the race and sailed on for another three months before ending his 37,455mile journey in Tahiti.

Not once had he touched land.