- Tania Aebi
Tania Aebi (born
October 7 ,1966 ) is a Swiss-American woman who completed a solo circumnavigation of the globe in a 26 foot sailboat between the ages of 18 and 21. Despite many challenges, she accomplished her goal and proved to her father that she could complete something.Aebi recounts the story of her voyage in her book "Maiden Voyage". The book is a story of teenage angst, self discovery and adventure. Aebi's story is unusual because she was poorly prepared for her voyage, but prevailed through common sense and determination.
Aebi had practically no sailing or navigation experience when she departed on her journey. Aebi did not have a
GPS receiver. At the time of her circumnavigation GPS equipment was not standard equipment on pleasure craft. Instead, Aebi had asextant forcelestial navigation and aradio direction finder . She did notsea trial her boat and was plagued by factory defects that could easily have been corrected before departure.She completed the circumnavigation in "Varuna", a
Contessa 26 .Tarzoon, the cat who traveled more than half the world around with her is still alive and well.
In 2005 Tania Aebi published her second book, "I've Been Around".
Books
* cite book
title= Maiden Voyage
author= Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan
year= 1989
publisher= Ballantine Books
id= ISBN 0-345-41012-2
* cite book
title= I've Been Around
author= Tania Aebi
year= 2005
publisher= Sheridan House
id= ISBN 1-574-09213-8External links
* [http://www.48north.com/aug_2006/tania.htm www.48north.com]
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