Meriç Algün Ringborg (6) disappearing

"In 1968, Crowhurst enrolled in a sailing race around the world where one was supposed to circumnavigate the globe alone - something that at the time had never been done. Early on in the race however, Crowhurst faced difficulties with a subpar vessel that was literally falling apart and lacking in experience, having never attempted anything similar, he was undoubtedly in trouble. Would he return home he would face humiliation and bankrupcy, would he continue he would without a doubt die. Those were his options. But, Crowhurst found a third alternative and began reporting fictitious bearings, letting the world know that he was heading for Cape Horn whilst he was in fact drifting in the Atlantic. At this time, when Crowhurst begins what can only be said to be two journeys - one real and one fake - he begins keeping two logbooks, one for each of the journeys. The fake, which the rest of the world believes at the time to be true, is one of a hero that has amongst other things broken the record in miles sailed in a day. The other, however, shows his slowly degenerating mental state in which ultimately becomes clear that he believed himself to be a cosmic being and a final passage saying, «there is no good or evil, only truth.» Before Crowhurst set sail, however he was a seller of navigational instruments and therefore presumably possessed a specialised knowledge of finding his way. His boat was in addition equipped with the most recent technological inventions.
Yet, he got lost, but rather than admit defeat he continued to report manipulated coordinates as if he was still in the race and laid in wait to re-join it when the other sailors had almost completed their circumnavigation. Crowhurst's boat was found after 9 months at sea, without him in it, and it became in time apparent that he had falsified his route. Crowhurst used all the devices we know, photographs, tape and video recordings, written accounts of longitudes and stories as well as radio transmissions to make fiction - a script of his fake travels, whilst, all along, he never left the Atlantic."
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here. great map here.