Serge Testa
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Serge Testa is an Australia
n yacht
sman who holds the world record for the circumnavigation
in the smallest boat
, completing the voyage in 1987. His boat, the Acrohc Australis is 3.6m or 11 ft 10in long (13 ft 8in overall) was designed so that all controls could be operated from inside enabling him to close the hatch in foul weather. The boat now resides in the Queensland Museum at Southbank, Brisbane.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n yacht
Yacht
A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
sman who holds the world record for the circumnavigation
Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation – literally, "navigation of a circumference" – refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth.- Global circumnavigation :...
in the smallest boat
Boat
A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment. In naval terms, a boat is a...
, completing the voyage in 1987. His boat, the Acrohc Australis is 3.6m or 11 ft 10in long (13 ft 8in overall) was designed so that all controls could be operated from inside enabling him to close the hatch in foul weather. The boat now resides in the Queensland Museum at Southbank, Brisbane.
Publications
- 500 Days: Around The World On A 12 Foot Yacht, Serge Testa, Trident Press, 1988, ISBN 0-731-64849-8 (from Amazon)