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Chris Bonington, Robin Knox-Johnston
When leading mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington was researching Quest for Adventure, his study of post-war adventure, he contacted Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world, for an interview. This simp
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Robin Knox-Johnston
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston burst to fame when he became the first man ever to complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Now, 50 years on from that famous voyage, he reveals the true, extraordinary story of his life. After leaving
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Robin Knox-Johnston
On 14th June 1968 Robin Knox-Johnston set sail from Falmouth to take part in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race – the first, non-stop, single-handed sailing race around the world. He was an unknown 29-year old Merchant Navy Officer. Ten and a half
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Robin Knox-Johnston
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The Mariner's Mirror. 99:67-71
Prior to the introduction of the cross staff by the Portuguese about 1514, the only method of taking an altitude of a celestial body at sea was by use of the astrolabe or derivatives of it like the...
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Robin Knox-Johnston
Publikováno v:
The Mariner's Mirror. 96:410-417
(2010). The Austin Farrar Memorial Article: FORTY YEARS OF AROUND-THE-WORLD YACHT DEVELOPMENT. The Mariner's Mirror: Vol. 96, No. 4, pp. 410-417.
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JEREMY FRANKS, PETER VILLIERS, ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON, JOHN CROSSE, LOUIE BARTOS, MICHAEL STAMMERS, R INKERSOLE, W. W. HUYBRECHT
Publikováno v:
The Mariner's Mirror. 92:338-341
Autor:
Colin Jones, Robin Knox-Johnston, H. Hignett, John H. Harland, Graham Rhys-Jones, John V. Bartlett, D. C. McWhannell, Barrington Rosier
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The Mariner's Mirror. 90:105-112
Autor:
SIR ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON
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Daily Mail. 6/29/2019, p59. 3p.
Autor:
Robin Knox-Johnston
A lifetime of reflections on the joys, terrors, and triumphs of sailing?from Britain's greatest yachtsman The first man to sail solo and non-stop around the world, in 1969, Robin Knox-Johnston instantly became an international legend. In addition to
Autor:
Robin Knox-Johnston
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Journal of Navigation. 48:161-165
In January 1993 our target for a circumnavigation was eighty days but, having been struck halfway between Africa and Australia by an object which holed our starboard hull, we were forced to pull out, and a Frenchman – Commodore Explorer – got rou