Sailing Legends

On this page I hope to present some of sailboat cruising's legendary figures. Sailors who have accomplished extraordinary voyages that challenges their skills as well as boats.

If you would like to recommend any links please e-mail me the URL. Thanks.

• "The Circumnavigators"
  Link to an on-line book "The Circumnavigators", containing a history of legendary small boat voyaging, by person, from Slocum on down to the 1970s. Profiles Slocum, the Hiscocks, Smeetons, Moitessier, Tabarly, etc. etc. Worth a read, but long.
  
• A list of Solo Circumnavigators
  Compiled by the Joshua Slocum International Society
  
• The Vito Dumas Web Site
  The first person (Argentinian) to sail solo around the world via the Southern Oceans. In Spanish.
  
• The Joshua Slocum Web Site
  Web site about the first person to sail solo around the world.
  
• The Eric Tabarly Web Site
  This site is in French. Contains Tabarly's biography and pictures of his various "Pen Duicks". Good info on one of France's most famous sailors. Certainly a legend in our times
  
• H.W. Tilman Web Site
  Tilman was one of the last of the great adventurer, sailor and explorer. A man who not only inspire those who sail to remote regions but also those who travel to climb mountains. A great sailor who sail to climb mountains.
  
• Tristan Jones Web Page
  This is Stuart Sarjeant's web sites dedicated to Tristan Jones and his works. Jones is one of the best-known small boat sailors of our times. In the book "The Incredible Voyage" Jones found himself "a thousand times beyond the limits of endurance" in his attempt to sail a small craft on the lowest body of water in the world to the highest.
  
• Sea Dart/Tristan Jones Page
  A Reflection on My Years Sailing Sea Dart by Ron Reil, the owner of Sea Dart previous to Tristan Jones.
  
• Essays on Tristan Jones
  The students of Mr. Smith's freshmen class at St. Mark's school of Texas has been studying the writings of Tristan Jones. Read their essays and find out what inspired them.
  
• Les Grandes Figures
  Some of the grand figures of sailing according to the French. In French of course.
  
• Sailing World Hall of Fame
  A list sailors who have contributed to or affected the sport of sailing most within the last 20 years.
  
• Sven Lundin's Web Site
  Sven Lundin (winner of the 1980 Royal Cruising Club medal for seamanship) of the famous 'Bris' is one of the most interesting sailors of the mid-70's for making many incredible and record setting voyages in very small boats.