num_pages: 208
description: Below the Cape of Good Hope and south of Australia lie the feared latitudes of the "Roaring Forties," where non-stop westerly gales push huge seas, unimpeded, around and around the bottom of the world. It was into this watery hell that, in 1942, Vito Dumas set sail in a 31-foot ketch, outfitted with makeshift gear and provisions and a stoic indifference to the privations he would endure. His 20,000-mile voyage through the vast Southern Ocean set many records, including first solo sailor to round Cape Horn and first to sail around the world with only three landfalls.
language: English
title: Alone through the Roaring Forties (The Sailor's Classics #5)
titlecomplete: Alone through the Roaring Forties (The Sailor's Classics #5) (Sailor's Classics Series)
genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 101
publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press