The Sailor＇s Classics library introduces a new generation of readers to the best books ever written about small boats under sail~When 65-year-old Francis Chichester set sail on his solitary eastward j

At 64, after a life already rich with adventure, Chichester left England to sail alone around the world, stopping once. Though Slocum faced much greater unknowns, Chichester nonetheless endured capsizing, injury, and the huge storms of the Southern Ocean. He reached England a national hero, and his fine book helped inspire today's round-the-globe sailboat races.