JON SANDERS WAY OF THE WORLD
His sailing career is simply unmatched in the cruising world
Who is the greatest sailor of all time? All-knowing Google suggests it may be Sir Robin Knox-Johnston or Bernard Moitessier or Dame Ellen MacArthur. Or maybe Robin Lee Graham or Eric Tabarly. In fact, it proposes over 30 contenders, but nowhere among them is the name Jon Sanders.
Yet Sanders ought to be in the top rank of that list. No one comes close to the Australian in terms of solo miles or time alone at sea. His sailing career is simply unmatched in the cruising world.
The latest chapter was nearing its conclusion on 22 October when the 81-year-old made landfall in Bundaberg, Australia after almost 11 months into his attempt to solo circumnavigate the world for an 11th time.
Sanders’ circumnavigation in his 39ft S&S design Perie Banou II began in October 2019 in Fremantle nearly two years after a circumnavigation many (not he) had billed as his swansong.
During the voyage, tagged #NoPlasticWaste, he has collected sea water
