This great French single handed circumnavigator had an almost mystical kinship with the sea. His death was a great loss.

Ellen's own website tells her remarkable story, from land-locked Derbyshire girl to 'Yachtsman of the Year', in a flash...

This middle-aged British couple paved the way for modern circumnav- igators, finding personal tranquillity and the freedom on the way.

The last of the great 20th century adventurers and explorers, Tilman sailed ancient vessels into ice-strewn waters for obscure reasons.

Robin Lee Graham set out on a solo circumnavigation in a 24ft sloop at the age of 16, returning five years older in a different boat.

Some photographs and a comprehensive CV (or mini-biography) on this site run by Chichester's son.

A tribute to Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail round the world alone, and also a complete record of all solo circumnavigators.

The Pardeys are a cruising legend, with over 100,000 low-cost miles of adventure under their keel aboard their small engineless cutters.

He became the first person to sail solo and non-stop round the world when he won he Daily Telegraph Goldren Globe in Suhaili in 1969.

Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" series of books and his adult cruising stories are known all over the world.

The youngest, maddest and possibly the only skipper ever to take a 27ft boat into Arctic and Antarctic waters. Read 'Berserk' the book.