Deep Water | 2006

Man: Morning of Tuesday, April 22nd.

Plymouth awaits the arrival of Robin Knox-Johnston

aboard his 32' ketch "Suhaili,"

now only a few miles away from the finish

where he'll become the first man

to sail around the world on his own, nonstop,

a journey which has lasted 312 days.

The crowds now pouring in all around the Cornwall Coast;

Binoculars and telescopes are out.

As his bows cross the line,

a cannon should be fired,

and the voyage will be over.

There he is. Look at the smile.

He really is enjoying this. This is tremendous.

And the cannon is gone,

and Robin Knox-Johnston and "Suhaili"

have sailed nonstop

around the world.

Knox-Johnston: It was all a bit of a dream.

You look at all these people and say,

"I've done this, this thing that people said you couldn't do.

I've done this now."

I don't have to come yell, scream, shout about it.

It's inside.

Man: Robin Knox-Johnston came out onto the balcony

to acknowledge the cheer.

He's the first ever to round the world alone nonstop.

He's averaged 92 miles a day

on this marathon voyage.

It's not enough to win him the cash prize

for the fastest time, because Nigel Tetley

and Donald Crowhurst are still battling it out

in the Atlantic.

Swinton: All eyes now turned to the contest

for the fastest voyage.

Either Nigel Tetley or Donald Crowhurst

was about to become the most famous man in Britain.