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Follow the adventures of well-known media personality Andrew Fagan as he takes on the challenge of sailing into the Southern Ocean aboard his tiny 5.4-meter plywood yacht, Swirly World. In 2007, Kiwi musician and radio personality Andrew Fagan set sail in his 5.4-meter plywood yacht, Swirly World, to circumnavigate New Zealand. And, just to make it more difficult, the outspoken Fagan included a leg to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands in the notorious Southern Ocean.
All in all, he sailed over 3,000-miles in two months. Facing such potentially lethal conditions in such a tiny craft took careful planning mixed with extreme determination, serious fortitude and uncommon daring.
In this account of his voyage, Fagan tells of having to avoid icebergs, sailing through a force ten storm in the Southern Ocean and visiting sites of shipwrecks at Port Ross in the Auckland Island group: 'With the genuine concern of a very fatigued person, I was sailing for my life and I knew it! In a country fed on a regular diet of exceptional sailing feats, his voyage was immediately embraced and celebrated.
SWIRLY WORLD SAILS SOUTH is a sharply accurate and humorous narrative blend written from Andrew's journal accounts and accompanied by photographs.
He offers a unique and refreshing perspective on the world of solo sailing, bringing the intensity and self-doubt alive and revealing the extreme emotional endurance required in order to complete such a long and multi-faceted journey alone.
All in all, he sailed over 3,000-miles in two months. Facing such potentially lethal conditions in such a tiny craft took careful planning mixed with extreme determination, serious fortitude and uncommon daring.
In this account of his voyage, Fagan tells of having to avoid icebergs, sailing through a force ten storm in the Southern Ocean and visiting sites of shipwrecks at Port Ross in the Auckland Island group: 'With the genuine concern of a very fatigued person, I was sailing for my life and I knew it! In a country fed on a regular diet of exceptional sailing feats, his voyage was immediately embraced and celebrated.
SWIRLY WORLD SAILS SOUTH is a sharply accurate and humorous narrative blend written from Andrew's journal accounts and accompanied by photographs.
He offers a unique and refreshing perspective on the world of solo sailing, bringing the intensity and self-doubt alive and revealing the extreme emotional endurance required in order to complete such a long and multi-faceted journey alone.