{"id":5519,"date":"2024-09-25T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.virtualregatta.com\/?page_id=5519"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:49:19","slug":"story-of-the-week-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of the week 05"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n
\n
\n \n
\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n \n \n

Story of the Week #5\n
Donald Crowhurst<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n \n
\n

Friday May 17th 2023<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n \n
\n

The strange journey of Donald Crowhurst is one of the most mysterious stories in the history of sailing. In 1968, Crowhurst, a British amateur sailor, participated in the Golden Globe single-handed round-the-world race, which was intended to reward the first sailor for sailing single-handed, non-stop and unassisted.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n \n
\n

However, early in the race, Crowhurst encountered problems with his boat, which was not ready for such an expedition.<\/p>\n

Rather than abandon the race, Crowhurst decided to fake a false position on the navigation chart to give the impression that he had covered more distance than he had, hoping to gain time to repair his boat and make it seaworthy.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n \n \n \"Donald\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n \n \n \"\"\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n \n
\n

As the months passed, Crowhurst continued to fake his position on the chart, even writing fake logs to maintain the illusion of his progress worldwide, but it soon became apparent that he could not win the race and could not make it to the finish line.<\/p>\n

Eventually, after several months of drifting at sea, Crowhurst eventually lost his mind and committed suicide. His boat was found adrift, and his logbook revealed the extent of his lie.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n \n
\n
\n \n \n
\n \n
\n \n \n
\n

The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst was adapted into a film in 2017 under the title \u2018The Mercy\u2019. <\/p>\n

The story has sparked much debate about the pressure competitions can put on amateur sailors and the risks of single-handed sailing on the high seas.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Story of the Week #5 Donald Crowhurst Vendredi 17 mai 2023 L’\u00e9trange p\u00e9riple de Donald Crowhurst est l’une des histoires les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de l’histoire de la voile. En 1968, Crowhurst, navigateur amateur britannique, participe \u00e0 la course autour du monde en solitaire Golden Globe, destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser le premier marin \u00e0 avoir navigu\u00e9 en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5197,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nStory of the week 05 - Virtual Regatta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"L\u2019\u00e9trange p\u00e9riple de Donald Crowhurst est l\u2019une des histoires les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de l\u2019histoire de la voile. En 1968, Crowhurst, navigateur amateur britannique, participe \u00e0 la course autour du monde en solitaire Golden Globe, destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser le premier marin \u00e0 avoir navigu\u00e9 en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Story of the week 05 - Virtual Regatta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"L\u2019\u00e9trange p\u00e9riple de Donald Crowhurst est l\u2019une des histoires les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de l\u2019histoire de la voile. En 1968, Crowhurst, navigateur amateur britannique, participe \u00e0 la course autour du monde en solitaire Golden Globe, destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser le premier marin \u00e0 avoir navigu\u00e9 en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Virtual Regatta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virtualregatta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-15T15:49:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VirtualRegatta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/\",\"name\":\"Story of the week 05 - Virtual Regatta\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-25T13:23:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-15T15:49:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"L\u2019\u00e9trange p\u00e9riple de Donald Crowhurst est l\u2019une des histoires les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de l\u2019histoire de la voile. En 1968, Crowhurst, navigateur amateur britannique, participe \u00e0 la course autour du monde en solitaire Golden Globe, destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser le premier marin \u00e0 avoir navigu\u00e9 en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/story-of-the-week-5\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Story of the week\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/story-of-the-week\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Story of the week 05\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Virtual Regatta\",\"description\":\"Leader mondial de l'eSailing!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Virtual Regatta\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/cropped-favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/cropped-favicon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Virtual Regatta\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virtualregatta.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/virtualregatta\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/VirtualRegatta\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/virtualregatta\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/virtual-regatta-sas\\\/?originalSubdomain=fr\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/virtualregatta\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.twitch.tv\\\/directory\\\/category\\\/virtual-regatta\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Story of the week 05 - Virtual Regatta","description":"L\u2019\u00e9trange p\u00e9riple de Donald Crowhurst est l\u2019une des histoires les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de l\u2019histoire de la voile. En 1968, Crowhurst, navigateur amateur britannique, participe \u00e0 la course autour du monde en solitaire Golden Globe, destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser le premier marin \u00e0 avoir navigu\u00e9 en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Story of the week 05 - Virtual Regatta","og_description":"L\u2019\u00e9trange p\u00e9riple de Donald Crowhurst est l\u2019une des histoires les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de l\u2019histoire de la voile. En 1968, Crowhurst, navigateur amateur britannique, participe \u00e0 la course autour du monde en solitaire Golden Globe, destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser le premier marin \u00e0 avoir navigu\u00e9 en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/","og_site_name":"Virtual Regatta","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virtualregatta","article_modified_time":"2026-10-15T15:49:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@VirtualRegatta","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/","url":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/","name":"Story of the week 05 - Virtual Regatta","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-25T13:23:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-15T15:49:19+00:00","description":"L\u2019\u00e9trange p\u00e9riple de Donald Crowhurst est l\u2019une des histoires les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de l\u2019histoire de la voile. En 1968, Crowhurst, navigateur amateur britannique, participe \u00e0 la course autour du monde en solitaire Golden Globe, destin\u00e9e \u00e0 r\u00e9compenser le premier marin \u00e0 avoir navigu\u00e9 en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SPNM11_CROWHURST02-1.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/story-of-the-week-5\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Story of the week","item":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/story-of-the-week\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Story of the week 05"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/","name":"Virtual Regatta","description":"Leader mondial de l'eSailing!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/#organization","name":"Virtual Regatta","url":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-favicon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Virtual Regatta"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virtualregatta.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virtualregatta","https:\/\/x.com\/VirtualRegatta","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/virtualregatta\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/virtual-regatta-sas\/?originalSubdomain=fr","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/virtualregatta","https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/directory\/category\/virtual-regatta"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5519"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13454,"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5519\/revisions\/13454"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.virtualregatta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}