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A

  • Adams, Sharon Sites, 169, 191, 192, 207, 264, 269, 338, 418; after solo sailing, 165–6, 172–7; before solo sailing, 171–2, 174; environmentalism, 170–73, 177; feminism, 174–5, 177; hallucination, 242; loneliness, 168, 172, 239–40; navigation, 166–7, 172; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 170–74; Pacific Lady, 165, 170; pet turtle, 138; reader/writer, 165, 167, 170, 174, 241; religious faith, 405; seabirds, 171; Sea Sharp II, 164, 166–7, 177; self-steering (“angel at the helm”), 164–5, 166, 168, 182, 186, 258, 405; shark, 171–2; suicidal thoughts, 232; trans-Pacific solo passages 163–5, 167–72; why go, 171–2, 174

  • Ader, Bas Jan, 211–12

  • Aebi, Tania, 221, 266, 267, 302, 325–6, 419; environmentalism, 375; marine life relationship, 142–3; pet cat, 139–41; reader/writer, 11, 344, 443

  • Aeneid, 365

  • African American mariners (general), 161, 299, 419. See also Seymour, Pinkney, et al.

  • age and solo sailing, 94, 249, 325–7

  • airplane travel, 155–6

  • AIS (Automated Identification System), 316, 331–2, 401

  • Alacaluf people, 75

  • albatross, 24, 28, 29, 130–31, 157, 171, 199, 221, 304, 346, 431; MacArthur, 385–6; sooty, 385; wandering, 385, 388

  • alcohol at sea, 237, 238–9

  • Allcard, Edward, 12–13, 112–14, 116, 157, 285, 416, 421

  • Alone Around the World. See James, Naomi

  • Alone Through the Roaring Forties. See Dumas, Vito

  • Ancher, Michael, 40

  • Andersen, Mary Sue, 212

  • Anderson, J. R. L., 132

  • Andrews, Walter, 45

  • Andrews, William, 45, 47, 53, 70, 86, 192, 292–93, 416, 423–24

  • animism, 257–61, 339

  • Antigua, 15, 321

  • anxiety (stress), 103, 158–59, 205, 210, 229–241, 243, 257; Fox, 22, 229–32, 354, 357, 410

  • Armstrong, Neil, 173–74, 226

  • Around the World Single-Handed. See Pidgeon, Harry

  • As Long As It Takes. See Pinkney, Bill

  • atomic/nuclear weapons, 12, 14–15, 158–59, 122, 173, 227

  • audio recording at sea, 206, 210, 241, 285

  • auk, great, 293

  • Autissier, Isabelle, 321, 374, 444

  • Azores Islands, 33, 47, 72, 175, 233, 241, 285, 311, 319

B

  • Bahamas Islands, 81, 88, 295

  • Baldwin, James, 259, 436

  • Banks, Joseph, 39

  • barnacle, 16, 114, 137, 212

  • barracuda, 215

  • Barrault, Jean-Michelle, 202, 434

  • bats, fish-eating, 114

  • Baumann, Edith, 174–75, 417

  • Bay of Biscay, 242, 320, 395

  • bear (pet), 430

  • Beatles, The, 197, 213

  • beluga whale, 385

  • Bible, 39, 63, 78

  • billfish, e.g. swordfish, 112

  • bioluminescence, xvii, 60, 114, 142, 191, 222, 283, 292, 356, 393

  • bird, land, 28, 214

  • bird, sea. See seabird

  • Bisschop, Éric de, 121, 149, 429

  • Blackburn, Howard, 28, 112, 240, 416, 424

  • Black mariners (general), 161, 299, 419. See also Seymour, Pinkney, et al.

  • Blair, Lisa, 375, 420

  • blue whale, 290

  • boat-sailor relationship, 258–61. See individual sailors

  • BOC (British Oxygen Corporation) Challenge around the world race, 308, 309, 312, 320–21, 347

  • Bombard, Alain, 15, 17, 50–51, 121, 147, 245, 247, 417, 426, 436

  • bonito (fish), 112, 428

  • booby, 27; brown, 104–05, 115–16, 410; masked, 386

  • Boston (Massachusetts), 47, 70, 72, 265, 267, 302, 305, 307

  • “bosun bird.” See tropicbird

  • Brendan the Navigator, 34, 415, 422

  • Brewster, Charles, 39–40, 41, 42, 46, 365, 423

  • Brown, Mike, 327

  • Buck, Peter, 33, 422, 423

  • Buenos Aires, 67, 98, 100, 102, 416

  • bulk carrier, 168–69, 330–32, 395

  • Burgess, Nigel, 441

  • Byron, Lord, 41, 72, 202

C

  • Caldwell, Brian, 326, 330

  • Callahan, Steven, 297

  • Call It Courage. See Sperry, Armstrong

  • calms, 16, 18, 53–54, 55–56, 88, 128, 149, 150, 164, 172, 286, 294, 296, 305, 384; Fox, 22–24, 55–56, 233, 356

  • Campbell, Joseph, epigraph, 131–32, 272

  • Campbell, Max, 435

  • Canary Current, xviii, 6, 26, 213, 297, 342, 368, 395, 401

  • Canary Islands, 14–15, 176, 342

  • Cape Horn, 312; Chichester, 195–9, 336; Crowhurst, 205; Dumas, 102, 260; Horie, 159; James, 176; MacArthur, 386, 379, 390; Moitessier, 193–94, 196, 201–2, 220, 221–24; Petersen, 313; Pinkney, 24, 303, 304; Slocum, 73–74, 196; Sunderland, 335, 340, 350, 420; Van Den Heede, 373; Watson, 333, 334

  • Cape Leeuwin, 195, 221

  • Cape of Good Hope, 204; Chichester, 195; Dumas, 102; Graham, 139; Knox-Johnston, 206; MacArthur, 385; Moitessier, 216, 243; Petersen, 312; Pidgeon, 96, 104; Slocum, 79; Sunderland, 340, 386

  • “cape pigeon” (cape petrel), 141, 386

  • Cape Town: Dekker, 344, 345, Dumas, 102; Moitessier, 226; Petersen, 310–12, 313; Pidgeon, 96; Pinkney, 299, 304; Seymour, 267; Slocum, 79; Sunderland, 340

  • Carson, Rachel, 14, 19, 172, 207

  • Cascais, xv, 369, 396, 411–12

  • cat (pet) at sea, 102, 138–41, 140, 142, 266, 427

  • celestial navigation, 234 ; Adams, 169, 172; Das, 128; Davison, 2–3, 16; Fox, 189, 233–34, 352; lunar-distance method, 77, 425; Moitessier, 220; Pidgeon, 92–93; Petersen, 311; sextant, 15, 77, 125, 143, 145, 169, 233–34, 251, 287, 311, 353; Seymour, 276–77; Slocum, 76–77, 412, 425

  • chart (for navigating), 3, 74, 95, 121, 138, 139, 143, 234, 254, 369, 410, 412

  • chart plotter (electronic), 316, 344

  • Chichester, Francis, 198, 220, 417; before singlehanded voyages, 194–95; circumnavigation, 195–200, 235; Gipsy Moth Circles the World, 8, 196, 197, 198–99, 207, 210, 365, 377; influence, 198, 203, 204, 210, 266, 310, 338, 377, 384; ocean/marine life relationship, 199–200; Pacific Island history, 273; reader/writer, 8, 195–96, 198, 208, 216, 224; rescue, 319–20; self-steering, 180, 183, 186, 257–58; trans-Atlantics, 194–95, 252, 320, 379; why go, 196–97

  • Chichester, Sheila, 195, 198–99

  • chronometer, 77, 92, 220, 251

  • clam, 70

  • Clark, David, 137

  • Clarke, D.H., “Nobby,” 33, 303–04, 421,

  • Clark, Eugenie, 14

  • climate change, 284, 374, 375, 389–90

  • Coasting: A Private Voyage. See Raban, Jonathan

  • cockroach (pet), 141–42

  • Cocos Keeling Islands, 27, 78, 139, 225

  • Colas, Alain, 317–18, 373, 433

  • collectivism (community-centered), 123–24, 131, 392

  • colonialism and sailing, 270–73

  • companionship with marine life, “hitchhikers,” 141–43

  • Conrad, Joseph, 19, 68, 358, 364

  • conservation. See environmentalism

  • containerization, 263–64

  • containership, 316, 361, 395; floating container hazard, 311, 380; Fox, 397–401, 403–8, 412–13

  • Cook, F.B., 427

  • Cook, James, 39, 273

  • Copley, John Singleton, 37, 38

  • coral, 81

  • coral reef, xvii, 130, 181, 201, 343. See also Great Barrier Reef

  • Cottee, Kay, 265, 338, 360, 364, 387, 419, 443–44

  • courage, 20, 51, 131, 253, 260, 337, 413–14. See also Sperry, Armstrong (Call It Courage)

  • Cousteau, Jacques, 14, 19, 172–73, 193, 310

  • Crapo, Thomas and Joanna, 45

  • Crowhurst, Donald, 205–06, 210, 211, 212, 214, 221, 224, 231, 321, 326, 418, 433–34

  • Cruise of “The Kate,” The. See Middleton, E. E.

  • cruise ship, 98, 322

  • Cruising Club of America, 278

  • cruising vs. racers, 265–67, 309

  • Cruising World magazine, 249, 252,266, 302

  • Currier, Cal, 407

D

  • Dampier, William, 7

  • Darwin, Charles, 75, 78, 137, 215, 425

  • Das, Florentino R., 126–27, 417; after solo voyage, 135–36, 149, 252; before solo voyage, 119–22; engine, 121, 125, 132 ; fish, 128 ; Lady Timarau, 121, 124–25, 126–27, 133, 135; marine life relationship (general), 136; navigation, 119, 125, 128–29; reader/writer, 121, 129, 136; religious faith, 129; shark, 120, 133; son Junior, 122; trans-Pacific voyage, 124–29, 132–34, why go, 121, 133

  • Das, Gloria Lorita Espartino, 120, 133, 134–35

  • Davison, Ann, 4–5, 175, 417; after solo voyage, 192, 338, 413; before solo voyage, 1–2, 41; courage, 20, 50, 413–14; “ecstasy of being so pure” sailing moment, 60; engine, 1, 2, 6, 16, 56–58; Felicity Ann, 2–3; fish, 18–19, 111–12; garbage, 18; hallucination, 242; loneliness, 137, 172, 233, 239; My Ship Is So Small, 7–14, 174, 196, 263, 413–14, 421; navigation, 2–3, 16, 56; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 17–18, 76, 156–57, 199, 345, 395; reader/writer, 7–10, 207, 217, 239, 318, 401, 413; seabirds, 25–26; self-steering, 3, 49, 55, 181; shark, 19, 88; trans-Atlantic, 2–6, 14–20, 26, 60, 267; whale/dolphin, 18, 295; why go, 2, 8–14, 159, 336

  • Davison, Frank, 1–2, 9, 12, 18

  • Day, Thomas Fleming, 427

  • dead reckoning, 3, 77, 172, 220, 234

  • death wish (suicidal thoughts), 202, 232, 248, 254–56

  • Deer, John, 89–90

  • Dekker, Laura, 288–89, 327, 338, 343, 344, 420, 442–43; after circumnavigation, 375; before circumnavigation, 327–29, 333–34; circumnavigation, 342–44; dolphin, 346; fish, 345; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 345; reader/writer, 328, 344; seabirds, 345–46; why go, 328, 337

  • Desjoyeaux, Michel, 380

  • deux ex machina, 400, 445

  • Dionysus, 34, 34

  • dismasting, 231, 312, 321, 322, 341–42, 349, 381

  • dog (pet) at sea, 37, 40, 42, 102, 130–31, 137, 423, 427

  • dolphin (marine mammal), 18, 34, 34, 170, 247, 284–90, 288–89, 295, 385; aiding human moods, 18, 21, 142, 276, 278, 282, 285–86, 346, 347; dusky, 287; fiction, 173, 284; Fox, xv, 21, 110, 281–84, 410, 412; guiding human navigation, 286–90, 407, 439; short-beaked common dolphin, 281; welcoming sailors, xv, 134, 163–64, 285, 345, 384–85

  • dolphinfish (mahi mahi, dorado), 111–12, 113, 115, 125, 128–29, 142, 213–14, 215, 221, 276

  • Donde, Dilipe, 441

  • Dorst, Jean, 215

  • Dove (book). See Graham, Robin Lee

  • dream, aspirational (why go), 9, 12, 13, 100, 105, 147, 191, 300, 302, 310, 312, 336–37, 338

  • dream fulfillment, 136, 159, 164, 339–40

  • dreams (sleep), 243, 246; Fox, 232, 244–45. See also hallucinations

  • Dumas, Vito, 100–104, 152, 192, 220, 249, 357, 416, 426–27; boat relationship, 260; hallucinations, 103, 242; ocean relationship (general), 102–3; pet fly, 141; seabirds, 30, 141; whale, 294–95

E

  • ecstasy-so-pure (“ecstasy of being so pure”) sailing moment, 60, 61, 76, 89, 157, 277, 414

  • Eddy, Alan, 440

  • El Niño Southern Oscillation, 117, 173, 428

  • endangered species, 109–110, 173, 284, 293, 388. See also individual species, e.g. great auk, loggerhead turtle

  • engine, marine, xvii, 126; Atomic 4/Fox, xv, 21, 58, 179, 233, 239, 368–9, 411, 412 ; Das, 121, 125, 132; Davison, 1, 2, 6, 16, 56–58; large vessel, 22, 68, 307, 330; small boat, xvii, 13,56–59, 74, 98–99, 102, 152, 164, 181, 191, 276, 291, 318, 336, 341. See also nostalgia for sail

  • English Channel, 1, 42–43, 44, 100, 197, 395, 415

  • environmentalism, xviii; historical setting, 266, 284, 293, 297, 389; in solo sailor narratives, 170–71, 173, 175–76, 346–47; in sailor activism after voyages, 177, 180, 227, 374–75, 384–91, 392–93; sponsorship and during voyages, 159–60, 312, 417. See also climate change, endangered species, et al.

  • EPIRB (distress beacon), 244, 249, 312, 318, 341–42, 344, 348, 403, 412

  • Erdmann, Wilfried, 432

  • escapism, 9, 11, 12, 41, 63, 71, 72, 191, 303–4. See also primitivism

  • extinction, 293, 296

  • extrasensory perception, 161–62, 403, 405

F

  • Facing Fear. See Blair, Lisa.

  • fatigue, 46, 103, 172, 275, 321, 380, 383, 386; Fox, xv, 23, 54, 229, 409, 411; Davison, 1, 3; Lewis, 246; Manry, 243; Moitessier, 217, 223, 224, 232–33, 242–43; Pinkney, 304; Watson, 330

  • fear at sea, 125, 168, 239, 305, 375; Cape Horn, 196; Davison, 6, 8, 137; Fox, 248–49; heavy weather, xvi, 231, 246, 359, 360; icebergs, 387; life/views ashore, 205, 224; ocean itself, 130, 131; sharks, 85–86, 88, 220, 284, 297; swordfish, 112. See also anxiety, stress

  • feminism, 2, 174–75, 177, 327, 338

  • fiberglass hull development, 51, 181, 192, 276, 204, 325, 412, 440

  • field guide, 18, 23, 207, 215, 422

  • finback whale, 292

  • fire at sea, 57, 239, 244, 318, 323

  • fish (general), xvii, 11, 18, 24, 78–79, 111–18, 207, 292, 293. See also groups or species, e.g. flying fish or Mola mola

  • fishing, solo sailors, 15, 18, 89, 128, 157, 276, 384; Fox, 110, 347, 355; metaphor, 217.

  • fishing vessels, commercial/subsistence, 28, 42, 45, 47, 64, 65, 73, 82, 121, 135, 200, 332, 388; aid to sailors, 132–33, 163–64, 275, 292, 311, 321, 349–50; Fox, 21–22, 52; hazard to sailors, 305–7, 317, 343, 395. See also overfishing

  • First Lady: A History Making Solo Voyage. See Cottee, Kay

  • Fitch, Frank, 42

  • fly (pet), 141

  • flying fish, 18–19, 105, 114–16, 142, 199, 213–15, 384, 345; Fox, 111

  • food provisioning/preparation, 15, 128, 239, 245, 276; Fox, 21

  • Fogarty, Thomas, 80, 87, 242

  • Fox (Pearson Triton), 258–59; physical details, xix, 51–53

  • Francis, Clare, 295–96, 418

  • frigatebird, 104, 115, 221

  • Full Circle. See MacArthur, Ellen

  • fulmar (northern), 22–24, 26, 29

  • fundraising (sponsorship), 47, 192, 172, 203, 326; Das, 121–22, 133; environmental causes, 160, 311–12, 372, 375; MacArthur, 378–79; Petersen, 312–13; Pinkney, 302–4; Sunderland, 335; Watson, 329, 330

G

  • Gabart, François, 372–73, 374, 384, 420

  • Galápagos, 35, 112, 285–86, 292, 343, 430

  • gale, 361; experienced, 45, 74, 150–51, 167, 168, 220, 238; Fox, xvi, 31, 32, 49–50, 53, 59–60, 109, 231, 281, 353, 357–58, 366–69, 396, 403, 410; reading/writing about, 246, 359, 364–65. See also storm

  • Gau, Jean, 427

  • garbage (trash) overboard, 18, 118, 159, 170, 176, 215, 266, 275, 311, 347–48. See also plastic pollution

  • Gardner, Margaret Dexter, 107–8

  • Gerbault, Alain, 99–100, 101, 112–14, 192, 273, 373, 416, 427

  • Gibraltar, 6, 72–73, 242, 267, 342

  • Gilbert, Lisa, 179, 235, 236, 248, 250, 352–54, 408

  • Gilboy, Bernard, 45–47, 112, 415, 424

  • Gipsy Moth Circles the World. See Chichester, Francis

  • Gloucester (Massachusetts), 43, 50, 46, 72

  • goat, 138, 139

  • Golden Globe (race), 303; first (1968–9), 203–08, 204, 210, 211, 212–26, 218–9, 417, 418, 433–34; 21st C, 373–74, 418

  • GPS (global positioning system), 77, 277, 304, 344, 373; impact on life at sea, xvii, 181, 252, 344, 367; Fox, 23, 52, 56, 186, 189, 234, 400, 412

  • Graham, Robin Lee, 172, 191, 264, 325–26, 335, 338, 418; audio entries, 241; dolphin, 285–86; Dove (book), 303, 326, 335, 418; environmentalism, 375, 393; fish, 113; jury rig, 322; pet cat, 138–39; radio and loneliness, 235–36; wind vane, 113, 258

  • Grayson, Stan, 425

  • Great Barrier Reef, 78, 185

  • green flash, 171

  • Guggenberger, Michael, 374

  • Guinness Book of (World) Records, 212, 303

  • gull, 25, 28, 75, 213, 223, 334; herring, 23

  • Guzwell, John, 427

H

  • Hall, Ron, 210, 418, 433–34

  • hallucination, 241–43, 242, 246, 405

  • Hansen, Alfon, 102, 416, 427

  • Hansen, James, 266

  • harness, safety, 95, 138, 185; Fox, 49–50, 230, 387

  • Hasebe, Yukio, 185

  • Hasler, Blondie, 194, 319, 417

  • Hawai‘i, 285, 318, 326, 406, 414; Adams, 138, 170, 172, 174, 242; Das, 120–22, 124–25, 128, 129, 133–36; Horie, 159; Pacific Voyaging Society, 253; Pidgeon, 92–94, 108

  • Heer, Oliver, 374

  • Heister, Ingeborg von, 175, 418, 432

  • Hemingway, Ernest, 13, 142, 147, 217, 421

  • Henderson, Richard, 55–56, 371, 421, 423–24

  • heroism, 40, 99, 131–32, 134, 155, 159–60, 197, 198, 207, 272, 300, 339, 391–92

  • hero’s journey construct (Campbell), 131–32, 272, 392

  • Heyerdahl, Thor, 14, 134, 146, 421

  • Hilgenberg, Herb, 351–52, 402,

  • Hiscock, Eric and Susan, 427

  • Homer, Winslow, 40

  • Honolulu, 120–22, 124, 135, 136

  • Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 124, 135, 417, 429

  • Horie, Kenichi, 154, 166, 192, 269, 417; before first trans-Pacific, 145–48, 157–59; engine, 152; environmentalism, 159–60; extrasensory perception, 162; first trans-Pacific, 145, 149–55; fish, 157; hallucination, 241–42, 405; influence, 167, 174; later solo voyages, 159–60, 265; loneliness, 172, 239; Mermaid, 145, 154, 164, 166, 260; nuclear testing, 158–59; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 156–58; photography, 88, 151, 153, 157, 431; provisioning, 145–46; reader/writer, 146–47, 172, 224; seabirds, 157, 431; self-steering, 181–82, 185–86; shark, 88, 431; ship avoidance/encounter, 152–53, 316–17, 332, 356, 404; storm, 151–52; stress, 238–39; whale, 295; why go, 148–49, 160, 170, 375

  • Hoss, 247–48

  • Howells, Val, 417

  • Hudson, John, 42

  • humpback whale, 290, 293

  • hurricane, 17, 107, 194, 228, 279, 359, 390, 407. See also gale, storm

  • Hutch, Richard, 259–60, 421–22, 445

I

  • iceberg, xvii, 181, 215, 385, 386–87

  • Ihimaera, Witi, 34

  • Indigenous knowledge, 117, 253–54, 273, 392. See also Pacific Islander traditional seafaring

  • Indigenous mariners, 33. See also Pacific Islander traditional seafaring

  • individualism, xvii, 40, 123, 249

  • In Quest of the Sun. See Gerbault, Alain

  • insanity (psychosis), 202, 206, 210, 221, 231, 247, 329, 434

  • International Association of Cape Horners, 371, 437

  • Inuit mariners, 33, 415

  • Ipo, 33, 415

  • Ishmael (Melville character), 18, 63, 202

J

  • James, Naomi, 140, 176, 236, 266, 323–24, 419, 424, 430, 442

  • James, Rob, 323–24

  • jellyfish. See sea jelly

  • “Jesus petrel.” See storm-petrel

  • Joaquin, Nick, 119, 135

  • Johnson, Alfred “Centennial,” 43–45, 46, 86, 415, 424, 426

  • Jones, Steve, 107, 427

  • Jones, Tristan, 240, 435

  • Joshua Slocum Society, 278

  • journal, personal, 7, 10, 212, 419; audio, 170; Chichester, 8, 198–99; Crowhurst, 210; Das, 124, 129, 135–36; Fox, 23, 245; Moitessier, 217, 224; Seymour, 268, 274, 419

  • Juan Fernandez Islands, 76, 293

  • jury-rig. See repairs

K

  • Kidd, Harold, 12

  • Kiernan, Ian, 347, 392

  • killer whale (orca), 85, 290–92, 297, 439–40

  • King, William (“Bill”), 88–89, 162, 292, 322, 439, 434

  • knockdown/capsize, 42, 231, 277, 312, 322, 334

  • Knox-Johnston, Robin, 237, 418, 434; advising/inspiring others, 303, 372, 377, 383; A World of My Own, 206, 207, 418, 434; Golden Globe race, 193, 203–08, 204, 265, 371, 418; reader/writer, 206–8; seabirds, 422; self-steering gear, 258; sharks, 206–207, 230; why-go, 207–208

  • Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific. See Horie, Kenichi

  • Koenig, Walter, 426

  • Kon-Tiki. See Heyerdahl, Thor

L

  • Lacombe, Jean, 417

  • Lady with a Spear. See Clark, Eugenie

  • Lawlor, Josiah “Si,” 47, 70, 86, 192, 317, 416

  • Lehtinen, Tapio, 374

  • Les Sables-d’Olonne, 309, 378

  • Letcher, John, 318

  • Lewis, David, 266, 267, 323, 372, 418; jury-rig, 322; OSTAR/monitoring psychology, 194, 245–46, 417; storm-petrel, 30; self-steering, 257; storm writing, 359–60; traditional Pacific Islander navigation/research, 252–56, 256, 271, 273

  • Life (magazine), 14, 15, 121

  • Lilly, John C., 247, 286

  • Lindbergh, Charles, 121

  • Lindemann, Hannes, 431, 436

  • Lionheart. See Martin, Jesse.

  • logbook, 7, 175, 196, 205–06, 213, 214, 216, 321; Fox, 23–24, 189, 257, 353, 354, 396, 397, 400, 402, 408

  • loneliness, 68, 199, 235–40, 364, 434; Adams, 168–69, 172; Davison, 8, 19, 137, 413; Pidgeon, 98; Pinkney, 304; Slocum, 81, 87, 142; solitude vs., 240, 246

  • Long Way, The. See Moitessier, Bernard

  • Los Angeles, 155, 161, 163, 211; Pidgeon, 92–93, 105, 107, 108 ; Seymour, 264, 265

M

  • MacArthur, Ellen, 338–39, 357, 382, 413, 419; B&Q Castorama (“Mobi”), 381–83, 382; before Vendée Globe, 376–79; Cape Horn, 386, 379, 390; Kingfisher, 379–80; ocean/marine life relationship, 384–85, 393; reader/writer, 376, 377, 381, 385, 386, 387; seabirds, 385–88, 392; sponsorship, 378–79; sustainability, 388–91, 413; Vendée Globe 376, 379–81, 386; whale/dolphin, 384–85; why go, 376–78, 392; world record circumnavigation, 381–84

  • MacGregor, John “Rob Roy,” 42–43, 44, 78, 377, 415

  • Magellan, Strait of, 73–75, 87, 138, 196, 272

  • Maiden Voyage. See Aebi, Tania

  • Mandela, Nelson, 199

  • Manila, 65, 120, 134, 135

  • Manry, Robert, 11, 243, 260–61, 417

  • Marin-Marie, 181

  • Martin, Jesse, 326, 330, 338, 440

  • Masefield, John, 68, 99, 100

  • materialism, 10, 72, 191, 224, 413

  • McMullen, Mike and Lizzie, 317

  • McMullen, R.T., 43, 377, 441

  • meaning of life, 60, 401, 414. See also your parents, children, religious leaders, dogs, lemon sorbet on a hot day, good waves for just you and a couple surfing friends

  • Meiss-Teuffen, Hans de, 161

  • Melville, Herman, 95. See also Ishmael

  • Middleton, E. E., 43, 44, 364–65, 377, 415

  • Miranda, Jonas Robert L., 136

  • Mitchell, Harry, 312

  • Moana (movie), 391–92

  • modernity, 57, 82, 191, 412

  • Moitessier, Bernard, 188, 193, 218, 234, 238, 273, 310, 344, 371, 373, 413, 417; after circumnavigation, 226–28; before circumnavigation, 193–94, 200–3; Cape Horn, 193–94, 196, 201–2, 220, 221–24; Cape of Good Hope, 216, 243; circumnavigation, 203, 212–226; dolphin, 213, 286–90, 439; environmentalism, 215, 374–75; fatigue, 217, 223, 224, 232–33, 242–43; fish, 215; hallucination, 242–43; Joshua, 193, 201, 214–15, 216, 218, 221, 228, 260; Long Way, The, 202–3, 213, 224, 226–27, 345; meteorology, 216; movie (video), 216, 217, 221, 226; navigation, 217, 220; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 213–17, 221, 225, 240, 384, 387; photography (still), 216, 218–19; reader/writer, 202–3, 216–17, 227, 407–8, 442; religious faith, 215, 406; seabirds, 213, 221, 225; self-steering, 214, 217, 240, 258, 287; sharks, 220–21; whale, 215; why go, 202–3

  • Moitessier, Françoise, 193–94, 196, 201–2, 213

  • Mola mola (sunfish), 112

  • Morgan, Dodge, 55, 302–3

  • “Mother Carey’s Chickens.” See storm-petrel

  • movie (video, film) on board by sailors, 205, 206, 210, 302, 313–14, 345, 346, 385, 393, 432, 440; Gélinas, 187–88; Moitessier, 216, 217, 221, 226

  • multihull (defined), e.g. catamaran, trimaran, 175, 192, 205, 372, 379, 381

  • My Ship Is So Small. See Davison, Ann

  • Mystic River, 180, 406–7

N

  • National Geographic, 105, 113, 172, 191, 427

  • National Sailing Hall of Fame, 437

  • nautical mile (defined), 2

  • Neuschäfer, Kristen, 373–74, 420

  • Newport, 79, 295

  • New York City, 40, 66, 99, 139, 192, 244, 263, 381, 421

  • New York Times, 14, 21, 266, 366,

  • Nichols, Peter, 157–58, 208–09, 419, 434

  • “No Frills Circumnavigation.” See Seymour, Teddy

  • nostalgia for sail, 68–69, 96, 105, 196, 270

  • nuclear/atomic weapons, 12, 14–15, 158–59, 122, 173, 200, 227

O

  • Odysseus, 222, 364

  • Old Man and the Sea, The. See Hemingway, Ernest

  • oil pollution, 173, 264, 375

  • oil tanker, 97–98, 315, 317, 344, 361, 395, 402–3

  • One Girl One Dream. See Dekker, Laura

  • orca (killer whale), 85, 290–92, 297, 439–40

  • Osaka, 145, 155

  • OSTAR (Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race), 195, 257, 295–97, 308–09, 311, 312, 319, 373, 379, 418, 433; first, 192, 194, 245, 252, 417, 436; rescues/tragedies, 175, 317, 320, 442

  • overboard, falling, 89–90, 185, 205, 243, 244, 305

  • overfishing, 117, 375

P

  • Pacific Islander solo sailors, 123

  • Pacific Islander traditional seafaring, 24, 59, 77, 121, 134, 251–53, 415; Western fictional depictions, 130–31, 391–92

  • Pacific Lady. See Adams, Sharon Sites

  • Panama Canal, 73, 96, 98–99, 104, 193, 211, 265, 267, 275, 342–43, 395, 419

  • pandemics, 93–94, 372

  • Papeete, 95, 227

  • Pearson Triton, design, xix, 51, 258–59, 301

  • penguin, 75, 104

  • Penney, Dawn, 327

  • performance art, 208–12, 226, 400

  • Perham, Michael, 326–27, 328

  • Petersen, Neal, 236, 313, 321, 322, 335, 419; after solo sailing, 312, 314; before solo sailing, 299, 309–11; boat (Stella r., Protect Our Sealife, No Barriers), 311, 312, 313; Cape Horn, 313; Cape Town, 310–12, 313; dolphin, 286; environmentalism, 311–12; fundraising, 312–13; hallucination, 243; navigation, 311; ocean/marine life relationship, 312; pet cockroach, 141–42; reader/writer, 310, 312, 314; self-steering, 311, 333; ship encounter, 312–13, solo voyages, 311–14; why go, 302, 310, 312

  • petrel, 23, 25, 28; cape (cape pigeon), 141, 386; “cape robin,” 221

  • pets (general), 137–41, 430. See also dog, cat, et al.

  • photography on voyages, xvii, 168, 169, 254, 271, 295, 323, 385; Fox, 23, 85, 408; Graham, 113, 211, 426; Horie, 88, 151, 153, 157, 431; lantern slides, 79; Moitessier, 216, 218–19; Pidgeon, 95, 99, 100, 104, 105, 108, 427; Pinkney, 316

  • Piailug, Mau, 253, 392

  • Pidgeon, Harry, 106, 416; after first circumnavigation, 105–8; Around the World Single-Handed, 93, 105, 174 ; before circumnavigations, 91–94, 249; dolphin, 285; engine, 58; first circumnavigation, 94–100, 104–05, 322; fish, 115–17; influence, 105–7, 108, 121, 146, 174, 192, 220, 265; Islander, 92, 96, 105, 181, 260; loneliness, 142; navigation, 92–93; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 98, 104; past abundance observed, 114–18; privilege, 270; racism/colonialism, 271, 273; reader/writer, 93, 105, 142, 275, 277; seabirds, 104–5, 141; self-steering, 185; sharks, 88, 98, 116; ship encounter, 97–98, 168, 317. 318; whale/whaling, 293–94; why go, 91, 93–94

  • Pierce, Eben, 70, 80

  • pilot fish, 88, 114, 116, 142

  • pilot whale, 290,294, 296, 297, 385, 440

  • Pinkney, William (Bill), 306, 314, 357, 413, 419; after circumnavigation, 307–8; As Long As It Takes, 299, 304, 305–6, 307; before circumnavigation, 300–04; Cape Horn, 24, 303, 304; circumnavigation, 299, 304–7; Commitment, 303, 308; fundraising, 302–4; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 304–5; racism, 300, 305; reader/writer, 300, 303, 305, 308; seabird, 24; ship encounter, 305–307, 315, 316; whale, 297; why go, 301–2

  • pirates, 7, 73, 209, 272, 273, 275

  • plankton, 15, 31, 117, 142, 176, 222

  • Plant, Mike, 321–2, 441–2

  • plastic pollution, 118, 176, 266, 275, 347–8, 372, 375, 388

  • Platt, Brian, 149, 166, 417

  • Plymouth (England), 2, 4–5, 203, 212, 192, 195, 197, 205, 213, 224

  • Polynesian Voyaging Society, 253

  • Portland (Maine), 21, 51, 179, 247–8, 352

  • primitivism, 13

  • psychosis (insanity), 202, 206, 210, 221, 231, 247, 329, 434

  • Pytheas of Massalia, 33–4

Q

  • Queen Elizabeth II, 197, 198, 207, 384

  • Quixote, Don, 94

R

  • Raban, Jonathan, 41, 358, 377–8, 419

  • Race Against Time. See MacArthur, Ellen.

  • racing vs. cruising, 265–7, 309

  • racism and sailing, 268–73, 274

  • radar, 3, 152, 186, 315, 331–2; Fox, 22, 51–3, 56, 238, 282, 368, 401–403, 409–10, 412

  • radar alarm, 307, 317, 330–31, 387

  • radio, 3, 158–9; communication, ship to ship, 22, 52, 164, 212, 234, 276, 307, 312, 316, 349, 351, 356, 401–404; communication, ship to shore, 155, 163–4, 198, 205, 302, 411; companionship, 174, 207, 234–7, 239–40; downside, 57, 203, 235–6, 238, 240, 319; navigation, 3, 17, 128–9; weather, 124, 189, 220, 351–2

  • radio direction finder, 145–6, 152

  • Raigetal, Larry, 123–4

  • Ransome, Arthur, 43

  • Rebell, Fred (Paul Sproge), 161, 416

  • religious faith, 76, 78–9, 129, 172, 215, 250, 260, 341, 345, 364, 405–406

  • rescue, 47, 90, 98, 137, 175, 205, 318–23, 321, 331, 342, 348–50, 374, 416, 420, 422

  • Richey, Michael, 162, 431

  • right whale, 294

  • Risso’s dolphin, 85

  • Roberts, Callum, 117–18

  • Robertson, Dougal/Family, 292, 440

  • Robinson Crusoe, 36–7, 39, 76, 124

  • Robinson, William Albert, 430

  • rogue wave, 73, 75, 99, 349, 350, 360–61

  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 81

  • Ross, H. E. (Herman), 161, 437, 439

  • Rousmaniere, John, 11, 12, 365

  • Route de Rhum, 309, 373, 378–9

  • Rudder, The, 91, 105–107, 154, 191, 427

S

  • Sailing Alone Around the World. See Slocum, Joshua

  • Saint Martin (Sint Maarten), 333–4, 342, 344

  • Saito, Minoru, 312

  • Samoa, 72, 77, 95, 138, 267, 285

  • Samuelson, Frank and Harbo, 50–51

  • Sanders, Jon, 371–2, 373, 420, 444

  • San Diego, 138, 165–6, 171

  • San Francisco, 64–5, 148, 153–5, 154, 160, 227, 260, 375

  • Santa Barbara Oil Spill, 173, 264

  • Santa Cruz Islands (Solomons), 35, 253–4

  • satellite phone, 236, 331, 334, 341, 339, 348; Fox, 235, 318, 331, 352, 408, 412

  • Schrader, Mark, 303

  • scuba diving, 173, 310

  • Sea Around Us, The. See Carson, Rachel

  • seabird (general), xv, xvii, 21–32, 46, 77, 103, 114, 115, 142, 171, 276, 293, 345, 405, 410; MacArthur, 385–8, 392; Moitessier, 213, 221. See also groups or species, e.g. albatross or brown booby

  • “Sea-Fever” (poem). See Masefield, John.

  • seal, 21, 75, 164, 293, 295

  • seagull, 25, 28, 75, 213, 223, 334; herring, 23

  • sea jelly (jellyfish), 114, 157, 208; Portuguese man-of-war, 114, 157; Velella velella, 157–8

  • seasickness, 22–3, 92, 147, 150, 330; pets, 141

  • sea snake, 114

  • sea turtle, xvii, 109–10, 111, 114, 115, 116, 179, 181, 375; Aebi, 142–3; loggerhead, 110, 428; Slocum, 110, 138, 284

  • self-steering, xvii, 179–89, 191, 321; autopilot (electronic), 186–8, 335, 340, 379, 380; lack of, 55; Fox (“Sandy”), xix, 50, 55, 61, 85, 179–80, 183–4, 230, 247, 250, 258, 355, 397–401, 404–407, 411; naming, 257–8, 339; sails alone without, 83, 181; tiller pilot (electronic), 186, 355. See also wind-vane self-steering

  • self-sufficiency/reliance, 40, 41, 103, 130, 248, 414

  • Selkirk, Alexander, 37–8, 76

  • Sendak, Maurice, 271–2

  • Seymour, Teddy, 268, 299, 419; after circumnavigation, 278–9; before circumnavigation, 263–5, 270; circumnavigation, 267–8; dolphin, 276, 278; engine, 276; fish, 276; Love Song, 264, 276, 303, 330; navigation, 276–77; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 275–7; orca, 290–92; reader/writer, 268, 274, 277, 438; self-steering, 276, 277, 290; ship avoidance, 315–16; why go, 265

  • Shackford, Josiah, 35–41, 38, 42, 46, 137, 365, 415, 423

  • shark, xvii, 45, 46, 85–90, 103, 114, 157, 213–14, 284; Adams, 171–2; Das, 120, 133; Davison, 19; fiction, 86, 130; Fox, 85, 230; Horie, 88, 431; King, 88–9, 292; Knox-Johnston, 206, 208, 230; Moitessier, 220; Pidgeon, 88, 98, 116; Slocum, 86–7, 87, 138; white, xvii, 89, 162, 322

  • shearwater, xvii, 22–3, 29, 32, 221, 355; little, 385; Manx, 23

  • Shelley, Percy, 42

  • ship avoidance, 51–3, 55, 315–17, 409. See also AIS, radar

  • ship encounters, xvii, 6, 22, 161–2, 317–19, 332; Adams, 168–70; Fox, 22, 356, 398–408, 409; Horie, 152–4; Moitessier, 216, 318; Pidgeon, 97–8, 318; Pinkney, 305–307, 315, 316; Watson, 330–33

  • Silent Spring. See Carson, Rachel

  • Single-Handed Passage. See Allcard, Edward

  • skua, 29, 32

  • sleep, 161; deprivation, 1, 6, 17, 54–5, 74–5, 103, 128, 232, 238, 241, 243, 409; MacArthur, 383; management, 3, 51, 52, 55, 60, 165, 185, 239, 245–6. See also dreams

  • Slocum, Henrietta “Hettie” Elliott, 67–8, 70, 71, 80, 83

  • Slocum, Joshua, 73, 91, 174, 249, 391, 416; after circumnavigation, 79–82; before circumnavigation, 63–72; biographies, 82–3, 425; circumnavigation, 72–9, 196, 278, 361, 395; death, 82, 108, 426; dolphin, 284–5; ecstasy-so-pure moment, 76; extrasensory perception, 162; fish, 11; hallucination (pilot of Pinta), 241, 242, 246, 247, 405, 435; influence, 8, 83, 99, 105, 146, 147, 191–3, 220, 243, 303, 310, 325, 338, 372; Liberdade voyage/narrative, 68, 86; loneliness, 142, 240; navigation, 76–7, 412, 425; nostalgia for sail/anti-steam, 68–9, 72, 96, 412; ocean/weather relationship (general), 59, 76–7, 83, 104–105; pet, 138; privilege, 270; racism/colonialism, 272–3; reader/writer, 8, 71, 76, 142; religious faith, 78–9, 215, 405–406; Sailing Alone Around the World, 8, 79–80, 99, 191; seabirds, 26–28, 77, 225; shark, 86–7, 87, 284; Spray, 73–4, 81, 83, 95, 181, 209, 214, 260; son Benjamin, 86; son Garfield, 67, 69, 71, 80; son Victor, 67, 82; storm strategy, 150; turtle, 110, 284; whale, 293; why go, 47, 63, 69–72, 94

  • Slocum, Virginia Walker, 64–7, 71, 86

  • Smeeton, Miles and Beryl, 427

  • solar power, 56, 159, 199, 276, 334, 341, 379

  • Southeast Asian solo sailors (general), 123. See also Das, Florentino

  • space travel, 173–4, 207, 226, 305

  • Spenser, Ann, 425

  • Sperry, Armstrong (Call It Courage), 130–32, 300, 391

  • sperm whale, 290, 294, 295

  • spider (pet), 138

  • sponsorship (fundraising), 47, 192, 172, 203, 326; Das, 121–2, 133; environmental causes, 160, 311–12,372, 375; MacArthur, 378–9; Petersen, 312–13; Pinkney, 302–304; Sunderland, 335; Watson, 329, 330

  • Spray (boat). See Slocum, Joshua

  • squid, 170–71, 345, 347; flying, xvii, 19, 114, 116; giant, 222; plastic lure, 355

  • St Croix, 265, 270, 278–9, 299

  • St Helena, 27, 79, 96–7

  • Stone, Robert, 434

  • storm, 361–62; experienced at sea, 24, 67, 102–103, 150–51, 175, 242, 320, 340–41, 357, 367, 387, 429; preparations for, 17, 357–8, 403; reading/writing about, 40, 68, 89, 358–65, 391. See also gale, storm

  • storm-petrel (“Jesus petrel”), xvi, 29–32, 49, 103, 110, 151, 199, 367–8, 414, 422; black-bellied, 385; Leach’s, 29; Wilson’s, 28, 29, 30

  • Story of a Voluntary Castaway. See Bombard, Alain

  • Stevenson, Robert Louis, 43, 77, 95

  • Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, The, 206, 212, 418. See also Crowhurst, Donald

  • stress (anxiety), 103, 158–9, 205, 210, 229–41, 243, 257; Fox, 22, 229–32, 354, 357, 410

  • Suez Canal, 73, 97, 267, 274, 275, 290, 342, 395, 419

  • suicidal thoughts (death wish), 202, 232, 248

  • suicide, 205, 206, 254–6, 418

  • Sunday Times, 203, 226, 320

  • Sunderland, Abby, 338, 349, 420; after circumnavigation, 349–50, 375; before circumnavigation, 327, 334, 335–7; circumnavigation attempt, 334, 335, 340–41; dolphin, 345; environmentalism, 375; fundraising, 335; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 345; reader/writer, 335, 345, 360 ; religious faith, 336, 340, 345, 405; rescue, 341–2, 348–50; rogue wave, 341, 360–61; seabird, 345, 405; squid, 345; why go, 336–7; Wild Eyes, 335–6, 349

  • Sunderland, Zac, 326–8, 335, 350

  • sunfish (Mola mola), 112

  • swordfish, 112

  • Sydney (Australia), 46–7, 64, 78, 195; Watson, 333, 338–40, 347, 362, 442

T

  • Tabarly, Eric, 373, 433

  • Takahashi, Subaru, 326

  • Taking on the World. See MacArthur, Ellen

  • tarpon, 112

  • Teller, Walter, 83, 425

  • tern, 27, 171, 214; fairy/white, 27, 225, 225, 406

  • Tetley, Nigel, 204–206, 224

  • Tevake of Pileni, 253–6, 255, 418, 436

  • Thoreau, Henry David, 103, 108, 193, 425

  • Tinkerbelle (boat and narrative). See Manry, Robert

  • Tomalin, Nicholas, 210, 418, 433–4

  • Tomy, Abhilash, 378, 441

  • Torres Strait, 78, 275, 277

  • trade winds, 15, 16, 60, 76, 78, 93, 267

  • Traherne, Thomas, 282

  • Transat, Mini, 373, 378

  • Transpac, Mini, 373

  • Treworgy, Don, 352–3

  • tropicbird (“bosun bird”), 25–6, 221, red-tailed, 345–6; white-tailed, 27

  • True Spirit. See Watson, Jessica

  • tuna, 112, 115, 116, 276; albacore, 115

  • turtle (pet), 138

  • Typhoon. See Conrad, Joseph.

U

  • “Ulysses Factor,” 132

  • Under the Sea-Wind. See Carson, Rachel

  • Unsinkable: A Young Woman’s Courageous Battle on the High Seas. See Sunderland, Abby

V

  • Van Den Heede, Jean-Luc, 373

  • Van De Weg, Henk, 297

  • Vanuatu, 107, 139, 346

  • Van Zandt, Sandy, 179–80, 183, 245, 248–9,355, 406–408

  • Varian, George, 80

  • vegetarianism, 138

  • Vibart, Eric, 108

  • video (movie, film) on board by sailors, 205, 206, 210, 302, 313–14, 345, 346, 385, 393, 432, 440; Gélinas, 187–8; Moitessier, 216, 217, 221, 226

  • Vietnam wars/conflicts, 200, 264, 270, 279

  • Virgil, 365

  • Voss, John, 220, 427

  • Voyage Alone in the Yawl Rob Roy. See MacGregor, John

  • “voyage of no return,” 254–5, 365

W

  • Walden. See Thoreau, Henry David

  • Walker, Nicolette Milnes, 175–6, 182, 246, 296, 375, 418

  • water, drinking, 145, 311

  • Watkins, Patrick, 35

  • Watson, Jessica, 351, 362, 420, 443; after circumnavigation, 339–40, 375; before circumnavigation, 327, 328, 329–33, 338; Cape Horn, 333, 334; circumnavigation, 329, 333, 334–5; dolphin, 347; Ella’s Pink Lady, 330, 331, 362; environmentalism, 346–8, 375; fish, 347; fundraising, 329, 330; ocean/marine life relationship (general), 345, 346; reader/writer, 333, 338–9, 346; seabirds, 346–7; self-steering, 339, 433; ship encounter, 330–33; True Spirit, 346; why go, 327, 329–30, 337, 338, 339–40

  • weather prediction/study, 7, 16, 17, 23, 32, 59, 68, 116, 216, 233, 351–4, 396; forecasts from shore, 124–5, 220, 234, 339, 396, 402; weather routing, professional, 235, 320, 352–4, 380, 383, 407

  • whale, xvii, 76, 115, 163, 176, 215, 207, 266, 284, 290–97, 389; fiction, 34, 114, 210, 381. See also groups or species, e.g. orca, sperm

  • Whale Rider, 34

  • whaling, 70, 117, 176, 293–4, 296, 388

  • “what they saw” explained (general), xvii, 234, 327, 358. See also individual sailors

  • Wheatley, Mervyn, 442

  • When I Put Out to Sea. See Walker, Nicolette Milnes

  • Where the Wild Things Are, 271–2

  • “why go” explained (general) xvi–xvii, 8–14, 41–3, 191, 259, 309, 327. See also individual sailors

  • wind, in general for sailboats, 53–6

  • wind-vane self-steering, vii, 113, 160, 180–88, 246, 257–58, 305, 339, 432; Adams (“angel at the helm”), 164–5, 166, 168; Chichester, 194, 319; Moitessier, 214, 217, 240, 287; Petersen, 313; Seymour, 276, 277, 290. See also self-steering

  • Wolff, Geoffrey, 70, 82, 425

  • “Wondrous Sea Voyage of Dionysus,” 34, 34

  • Woods, Stuart, 162

  • World Sailing Speed Record Council, 326

  • World War I, 12, 94, 99

  • Word War II, 12, 58, 88, 100, 107, 120, 162, 195, 200, 251, 252

  • Wray, J. W. “Johnny,” 57, 171, 273, 416, 424

Y

  • Yachting (magazine), 191

  • Yaghan people, 75

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