Bernard Moitessier (April 10, 1925 – June 16, 1994) was a French sailor, most notable for his participation in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, the first non-stop, singlehanded, round the world yacht race. With the fastest circumnavigation time towards the end of the race, Moitessier was the likely winner for the fastest voyage, but he elected to continue to Tahiti and not return to the start line in England, rejecting the idea of the commercialization of long-distance sailing. He was a French national born and raised in Vietnam, then part of French Indochina.
Books in order of publication (In English & French):
Un Vagabond des mers du sud [Sailing to the Reefs]. Translated by René Huyghe – 1960
Cap Horn à la voile: 14216 milles sans escale [Cape Horn: The Logical Route]. Translated by Inge Moore – 1967
La Longue route; seul entre mers et ciels [The Long Way]. Translated by William Rodarmor – 1973
Tamata et l’alliance [Tamata and the Alliance]. Translated by William Rodarmor – 1995
Voile, Mers Lointaines, Iles et Lagons [A Sea Vagabond’s World] – 1998
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