ALONE AGAINST THE SEA captures the human drama of five solo sailors as they battle hurricane force winds, equipment failures, lack of sleep and medical emergencies while struggling to circumnavigate the globe. ISABELLE AUTISSIER survives a deadly 360 degree roll which destroys her once sleek racing yacht. Finally, after five long days, she is rescued by the Australian Navy. Russian Sailor VIKTOR YAZIKOV performs surgery on his elbow while his boat sails for 22 hours without a helmsman. JEAN LUC VAN DEN HEEDE succumbs to overwhelming exhaustion, falls asleep and suddenly finds himself aground on the beach. GIOVANNI SOLDINI, in a suprising twist, must rescue his friend and fellow competitor, Isabelle Autissier, after she capsizes deep in the southern ocean. Seventy-year-old British skipper, HARRY MITCHELL, caught in a violent storm as he approaches Cape Horn, is lost at sea ...

Joel White, naval architect, boat builder and sailor lived in Brooklin, Maine.This is the story of a man who began his lifelong love affair with boats at the age of 10, when he and his father together built a small rowing scow Five years later, Joel White bought a used gaff-rigged 12 1/2 foot Herreshoff. It was his experiences aboard the tiny sailboat - especially the feel of the boat as it moved through the water - that would forever influence white’s designs, from small dinghies to 76-footers.
This very special book is collaboration of his longtime friends. Exceptional photographs by Benjamin Mendlowitz, captured the sleek design of White's boats and beaty of Main coast line ...

Russell Coutts and Siren Sundby are the winners of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2003.Record breaking America’s Cup skipper Russell Coutts was honored in respect of his victory as skipper of Alinghi in the 2003 America’s Cup.He became the all time winning skipper in the America’s Cup Match winning 14 races without a loss. Siren Sundby was awarded the female trophy for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2003 in recognition of her successes in the Europe Class.At just 20 years of age, Siren has reached the top of her discipline, surpassing the rest of the fleet to claim many Championship titles over the past twelve months ... more info > www.sailing.org

Fedor Konyukhov is extraordinary and intrigue person.He is a professional traveler, honorary Master of Sport and yacht captain. Fedor is the most "universal" among professional travelers of the world - the traveler who has taken part in more than 40 unique expeditions. He has been awarded the Order of Friendship of Nations and has received the UNESCO award for "Fair Play."
He says: "I am searching for an explanation for the sense of life through my journeys. I want to know, why man is born, grows, lives through many difficulties, gets married, has children and then dies. The same is true for his children " ... more info > www.konyukhov.ru

Giovanni Soldini began sailing when he was 15 and crossed his first ocean at 17. He became the first Italian to complete a solo circumnavigation in the BOC Challenge. In his first BOC Challenge in 1994-95, Soldini came in second in Class II. In 1996 he won the Europe I Star solo Trans-Atlantic race and set a new record.Soldini lost his best friend and co-designer of his new Open 60 FILA to the sea. Andrea Romanelli went missing during FILA's attempt to break the Atlantic speed record from Sandy Hook off New York, to Lizard Point on the western point of England. Despite the tragedy Soldini took a part in Atlantic Alone race from Falmouth, England to Charleston, US and won ... more info > www.soldini.it

Ellen MacArthur not only sailed into the record books by becoming the youngest person and fastest woman to sail around the world alone. She also single-handedly blew apart the view that sailing is a rich man's dalliance, and brought the sport alive for millions of supporters. The Vendee Globe was by far the toughest test of her short but action-packed life. MacArthur was one of only two women on the starting grid, and the youngest competitor in the race's history.
The whole ordeal has been likened to combining the risk of an Everest expedition, the physical demands of a daily triathlon and the piloting skills of a Formula One driver. As she showed in her heartfelt and at times unnervingly intimate daily updates, Ellen's was not just a sailing triumph but one of human frailty in the face of the most powerful elemental forces of the universe ... more info > www.teamellen.com

When Jesse Martin sailed his tiny yacht out of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay into the wide ocean seas in December 1998, many people thought they would never see him alive again.
Jesse Martin’s story is about what dreams can do. Seventeen-year-old Australian took off on a ten-month journey around the world and became known to the rest of us as the youngest person ever to sail around the world unassisted.
Alone on his 34-foot “Lionheart,” Jesse navigated the globe without stopping for food or supplies. “Lionheart” is a truly suitable name for boat and it’s fearless owner. Jesse Martin is inspiration and encouragement to everyone young or old. Nevertheless the Jesse’s courage and determination should be our inspiration and our motivation, to follow our dreams ... the dreams that make us what we are ...