"Her story is bigger than life itself," gushed the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1989. "Aebi is the first American woman and the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe alone…"

I've Been Around, Tania Aebi's first book since Maiden Voyage, is a compendium of sailing experience and reflections by a hugely popular author. There is something for the armchair sailor dreaming about sailing off one day, as well as for the sailor in the cockpit actively chasing those horizons. Her many fans and admirers will be delighted with this new book, which, while looking back at her famous voyage, expresses the views and ideas of the experienced sailor of today.

In 1985, at age 18 and with little sailing experience, Tania Aebi set out to sail around the world alone. Two years later she returned as the first American woman and the youngest person to complete a single-handed circumnavigation. She became instantly famous with Maiden Voyage, the best-selling book she wrote about the solo trip. In over twenty years of cruising by herself and with family, and leading ten-day flotillas to charter destinations in a professional capacity, she has gathered many anecdotes, observations, opinions, cautionary tales and advice. Indeed, she has been around.

I've Been Around will be formally launched when Tania Aebi presents her lectures at the Annapolis Boat Show on October 8th and 9th, the very venue where her father bought her the Contessa 26 that took her around the world on her Maiden Voyage.

Tania Aebi was 21 in 1987 when she became the first American woman and the youngest person to have sailed around the world alone. She has since made sailing her profession. She is a columnist for Latitudes and Attitudes magazine and a frequent lecturer on sailing topics, as well as a sailing coach. Tania Aebi lives with her family in Vermont.

Publ. Date: October 2005
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 1-57409-213-8
Binding: Paperback
Format: 5 7/8" x 9"
Length: 232 pp.
Contact: Lothar Simon
Phone: 914-693-2410
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