The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

In the fall of 1968, Donald Crowhurst set out from England in his untested trimaran, a competitor in the first single-handed nonstop around-the-world sailboat race. Eight months later, the boat was found in mid-Atlantic with no one on board. This journalistic masterpiece reconstructs what really happened and provides details on one of the greatest hoaxes of our time. 48 illustrations.

The Bravest Boy of Them All.The Great Race.The Revolutionary Boat.The Maiden Voyage.Teignmouth.The Last Letter.The First Two Weeks at Sea.Two Conflicting Testimonies.The Fraudulent Record.The Plan.Christmas.Silence and Loneliness.The Secret Landing.``Heading Digger Ramrez''.Midnight Oil.Win or Loss? The Inescapble Triumph.Into the Dark Tunnel.The Cosmic Mind.The Great Beauty of Truth.Appendices: 1: Donald Crowhurst's Navigation.2: The Design of Teignmouth Election.3: Teignmouth Election 25 Years Later, by Richard C.Newick.