Pole Star and Albatross: Circumnavigating Aboard Galiana WithSecure in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race

"gripping accounts from a great sailor""...you’ll be captivated in ways that only Paul and Tapio can do as you “follow” Tapio and his crew around the world once again. Highly recommend!""Paul and Tapio have done it again! A must read for people who love stories of the sea and adventure!"Just a year after the sinking of his boat Asteria in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, Tapio Lehtinen set out to sail around the world again, this time in the Ocean Globe Race with a crew of young Finnish sailors aboard his classic Swan 55 yawl Galiana WithSecure. The race, which started in France, took the sailors across the Equator, south of the three great capes, stopping in Cape Town, Auckland, and Punta del Este, and back across the Equator to France. Along the way, they faced squalls, torn sails, tropical heat, high-latitude cold, fierce gales, and the interactions of a young crew and older skipper.If you’ve ever dreamed of sailing around the world via the three great capes, this book will take you there without having to endure the cold wet spray of the Southern Ocean. If you are a sailor, you will appreciate the technical details such as Tapio’s creative downwind sail configurations. But even if you are not a sailor, and just like tales of adventure and interpersonal dynamics in a confined space with nowhere to go, this book will keep you turning pages. Read more