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Parry Endeavour
Jon Sanders
Credit: WA Museum
Between May 1986 and March 1988, Jon Sanders completed a single-handed triple circumnavigation of the globe in the yacht Parry Endeavour.
This display captures a defining moment in Jon's record breaking voyage. It is 3.00am on 20 November 1987. Parry Endeavour is approaching Cape Horn for the third and last time.
A storm is building and Jon Sanders must go on deck to slow the yacht down. He hoists his smallest sail, the storm jib, and put out a sea brake* to control the speed of the yacht. While on the foredeck he looks aft and sees a wall of water towering behind Parry Endeavour. He clings to the mast as the freezing water smashes over him.
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