500 Days: Around the World on a 12 Foot Yacht

Alone aboard "Acrohc", the tiny yacht he designed and built, Serge Testa sailed around the world and into the Guinness Book of Records. Exotic landfalls, cyclones, encounter with whales, and a nearly fatal fire at sea makes this a gripping story. Told with understatement and humor, this account of a unique voyage of discovery and endurance appeals to the adventurer in all of us. "Serge Testa's 500 Days is a lively, warm and well written account of a seamanlike circumnavigation" -Cruising World "Why would anyone sail around the world on a 12 foot boat? Meet Serge Testa, a charming and resourceful adventurer. Read this book and you too may find yourself planning the adventure of a lifetime." -SAIL