In early 2022, famed solo sailor Andrew Fagan set off to attempt to beat a world record in a tiny 5.1m plywood yacht.

He aimed to use the yacht, Swirly World in Perpetuity, to beat the record for 'The smallest boat to sail solo around the world via the Great Capes'.   

His mission didn't go to plan - but he managed to tell the tale in his new book Swirly World: Lost At Sea.

He says he'd managed to sail to Australia and New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands - so he thought this was a logical next step.

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