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Article: The voyage that never was
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 4, 1995
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Suspicions over Lisa Clayton's feat of skill and endurance have
been fuelled by previous claims that have proved false or
unsubstantiated.
Perhaps the greatest of all, certainly in yachting terms, was
the case of Donald Crow-hurst. The 36-year-old father of four,
competing in the 1969 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, spent 243
days sending radio messages faking a round-the-world voyage.
However, the electronics company owner had in fact been sailing
in circles in the Atlantic in his trimaran, Teignmouth Electron,
and had not even rounded Cape Horn. The hoax was discovered after
Crowhurst suffered a "mental disintegration" and the boat was found
abandoned in mid-Atlantic with the yachtsman ...