The Escape of Moitessier

Oh, this is wonderful. Reader K writes to us: On reading your June 19th email exploring the lives of back-to-back cruiseniks, I was reminded of these passages from “The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst”, which elegantly combines Escapological ideas with the desire to live differently. Moitessier — a contestant in the 1968 race to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe — writes in his logbook why he’s decided to give up the contest and remain at sea: * New Escapologist Issue 19 and the anniversary edition of Escape Everything! are both available now.