Another tiny, ocean-going sailboat: Shrimpy, a tiny, 5.5 metre (18’ 6”), plywood Caprice Mark I, designed by Robert Tucker,

In 1972, Englishman Shane Acton, aged 25, bought her second-hand for £400 and almost immediately, with minimal equipment and no experience, set off on a voyage around the world. A Swiss woman, Iris Derungs, joined him along the way.

He returned to England eight years later, wrote a book, then sailed to Central America, settled ashore, and wrote another.