After yet another
extraordinary voyage, the question from a reporter was, "When were your
spirits at the lowest ebb?" "When the gin gave out." remarked
Sir Francis Chichester. Ah, but Chichester was a skilled sailor who became the
first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route, and
the fastest circumnavigator, getting it done in just nine months and one day
overall. He did stop for one refitting. All spirits ebb and flow like the waves
at the greatest beaches; ride them like a skilled Hawaiian surfer.
