{"product_id":"a-world-of-my-own-the-singlehanded-non-stop-circumnavigation-of-the-world-in-suhaili-0304934739-used","title":"A world of my own: The singlehanded, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in Suhaili","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0304934739\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Knox-Johnston, Robin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Originally published in 1970, Robin Knox-Johnston's A World of My Own has become a treasured classic - the dramatic account of the first nonstop, single-handed voyage around the world, for which Knox-Johnston won the Sunday Times Golden Globe trophy. On June 14, 1968, Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbor while Knox-Johnston's family and a few friends waved goodbye to the solitary twenty-nine-year-old figure at the helm. His was an incredible adventure, a feat of endeavor and seamanship which will be unsurpassed and unforgotten. Sheer determination helped him survive every imaginable Several knockdowns in the Southern Ocean, the disintegration of the self-steering system, polluted water tanks and acid burns were among the numerous setbacks he encountered even before reaching Cape Horn, the fearsome test of any seaman's nerve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67614669537568,"sku":"USED0304934739","price":51.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81Wvl2AdWCL.jpg?v=1790796785","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-world-of-my-own-the-singlehanded-non-stop-circumnavigation-of-the-world-in-suhaili-0304934739-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}