Reddit reviews The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
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I've got a copy of The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst. Highly recommended, a great book and very, very creepy towards the end. His mind fell apart and went to some very strange places. I can picture him on the boat at night, writing away, completely mad.
I highly recommend this book about his story. It has all the history about this complicated man and his voyage. Fascinating read.
Edit: Here's a preview of the documentary about him. Its great if you can find it online.
Hopefully if they survive some "perfect storms" or Daddy's desire to trek thousands of miles across the ocean which other adventurers [single men and women in this case or crews of grown men and women] have died trying to do in sail boats. Maybe he needs this book sent to him.
https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Last-Voyage-Donald-Crowhurst/dp/0071414290
Sailings a hobby if you can afford it but not something you drag a wife and 4 kids on. He seems to want his own isolated Sea.Org. Say goodbye to friends kids. I feel sorry for them. [the kids have already been taken on some sailing trips but this is like a guy who likes camping moving his kids to the middle of the woods to build a log cabin]
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst. 'Cause sailing's not all rum cocktails and tropical anchorages. Crowhurst's story is a tragedy - a fascinating tragedy.
I'd also recommend A World of My Own by Robin Knox-Johnston. It's his story from the same race that Crowhurst was in. (Which is the same race that Moitessier writes about in The Long Way Home previously referenced here.)
The three books about the first Golden Globe solo round the world race:
The first two are autobiographical. All three are great reads about the first solo round the world race.
link for the lazy