Cathy Simon WORLD SAILOR Paperback – August 3, 2025

First woman to complete all three of these sailing challenges: the Arctic Circle Northwest Passage Transit, a North American Continent Circumnavigation, and a World Circumnavigation.Well-reviewed content by the press, this 3rd Book in the Simon Sailing Series,makesyou feel like you are on YOUR WORLD CRUISE! In this overview non-fiction book, there is enough factual travel information and detail for travel and sailing enthusiasts contemplating their own worldwide adventure. The book is easy to read, well organized, and entertaining. At the end of reading this book, one could ask, “Do you want to take this trip?” The emphatic answer is, “YES! Let the travel begin!”True life colorful stories and photographs of the adventure, humor, and fear from many of the stops gets the reader enthusiastic and builds up a “Let's do this!” mind-set. Also, there is a wonderful encouraging positive tone that is inspiring.Many stops detailed along the way include the legendary Arctic Northwest Passage, a memorable start to the reader's journey. Local photos, and excerpts from the ship's blog tell readers what to expect as the route goes around the North American Continent. The World Circumnavigation starts in the West Indies, St. Lucia, then goes on to the iconic Panama Canal, to the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, Fiji and other islands across the South Pacific. Simon also chronicles her stops in Australia, Bali and passing through the Indian Ocean, then going on to South Africa, and crossing the South Atlantic to Brazil and back to the Caribbean. You get a genuine feeling about what it is like to travel the world!The author, Co-Captain Cathy Simon, learned to sail in San Francisco Bay over 45 years ago. Since then, she has sailed to over 20 countries and over 100,00 sea miles, four oceans, and many seas. The sailboat for these three challenging voyages was SV Celebrate, a Taswell 58.280 pages, 8.5x11, full color pictures, Google Earth satellite maps, satellite/aerial route diagrams, up-to-date website links and an index. Read more