No Small Feat

Last October, Randall Reeves completed what he calls the “Figure 8 Voyage,” circumnavigating Antarctica and all of the Americas. He sailed five oceans around three continents, passed Cape Horn twice, and covered almost 40,000 miles. To put that in perspective, the Earth’s circumference is less than 25,000 miles.

Reeves wanted to do something that had never been done. Others had sailed the “Five Capes” and the Northwest Passage, but nobody had done both in the same trip. “I think it’s the first time anyone has done it,” Reeves says, “solo or with crew.”

The 57-year-old Reeves completed the trip in what