Imagine sailing around the world alone For eight months you are surrounded by churning seas and wide open skies All the responsibilities of navigation repair and survival rest on your shoulders twentyfour hours a day Does this sound fun or crazy To some people like the Around Alone sailors it sounds downright irresistible Throughout recorded history more people have traveled into space than have sailed around the world alone the ultimate test of seamanship and courage BORN TO THE WIND captures the human drama of sixteen sailors as they set sail from Charleston South Carolina in the Around Alone 199899 Race