Chapter 6 of Alain Colas' 'Around the World Alone' a text that has always been closed to me ( I do not speak French) until I found this English translation published by Barron Education Press in 1978.

Alain Colas was lost at sea in 1978 denying the world the opportunity to learn more from this erudite, eloquent and deeply passionate sailor.

As many of you will know, this subject is very close to my heart as I have raced solo along the route that Alain takes in this book. 

I found Alain's writing to be so thoughtful, insightful and passionate that there were many times during this reading, that I simply had to stop, take off my headphones and stand looking out of the window, watching salty-eyed as my own 'Bird of Passage' swung impatiently at her mooring.  

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