The Voyage of Madmen

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In 1968, nine solo sailors set out on a voyage for madmen - The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race offered £5000 reward for the first person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. Only one man, Sir Robin Knox Johnston finished the race and won the title, and a yachting legend was born.

Fifty years later Don McIntyre’s quest to attract amateur sailors to race around the world without modern technological aids, is a beacon for the daring souls of our time. For these dreamers inspired to take on the perils of the sea in the spirit of the original race, this is an against-the-odds story in which surviving a non-stop lap of the world is the achievement.

Of the 18 sailors to depart France, four are dismasted, three are rescued and only five solitary skippers will cross the finish line, the final finisher spending 322 days alone at sea.

The Voyage of Madmen is the amazing true story of the longest sporting event in history - a display of brutal individualism by characters longing for a by-gone era as they recreate the loneliest and most gruelling sports event on the planet.