Heyerdahl and his team built a raft named Kon-Tiki in Callao, Peru. The raft was constructed from nine large balsa wood logs tied together with hemp ropes, with cross-pieces for support. A ...

So I don’t have any regrets about what I did.” The Vendée Globe is the only sailing race round the world that’s solo, non-stop, and without assistance, and it was all systems go for the 9th ...