Donald Crowhurst (1932–1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhurst had entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from The Sunday Times to aid his failing business. Instead, he encountered difficulty early in the voyage, and secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually circling the world. Evidence found after his disappearance indicates that this attempt ended in insanity and suicide..!
Here's the trailer of the documentary movie "Deep Water" based in the abovementioned journey into one mans heart , battling treacherous seas en his own demons (available in Amazon.co.uk) ..
A story of how your dreams can kill, live or leave you ..
"One of the most extraordinary stories about the sea ever to be published." -- The Washington Post
"The sea drama of the century." -- Sir Francis Chichester
