A First-Ever Attempt—
To Circumnavigate the Americas and Antarctica…
In One Year…
Alone.
8 Months Beyond the Sight of Land
306 Days at Sea
40,000 Miles
Countless Storms
One Sailor...
The Figure 8 Voyage
The Challenge
In October of 2018, Randall set out from San Francisco, California to sail around both the American and Antarctic continents in a single season and alone. One of the most grueling ocean courses yet imagined, this route took Randall through a full lap of the stormy Southern Ocean and into the treacherously icy waters of the Arctic in one long, figure eight loop.
Overcoming Obstacles
Randall was the first person ever to attempt a voyage of this kind and the first person ever to fail. During his initial attempt in 2017, severe storms in the Southern Ocean disabled his vessel, forcing two unscheduled stops for repairs and requiring he return home for the second and successful attempt that began in 2018.
Seeing it Through
On October 19, 2019, Randall returned under the Golden Gate Bridge having sailed nearly 40,000 nautical miles (almost twice the circumference of the globe) since his second-attempt departure 376 days earlier. Of that time, Randall spent 306 days at sea and 237 days without stopping. Randall’s yacht, Moli, carried a year’s worth of food and water and enough spares to repair any system. Thus the Figure 8 Voyage, one of the longest solo expeditions in history, was an experiment in human endurance and self-sufficiency.