Sailing in My Sarong : Around the World – a 30 year dream

‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,’ Lao-tzu.
In this case, it begins with a single dream of two people – a 30-year dream to sail around the world.

Together. In a boat that they built themselves. Linda Frylink Anderson’s book is a gripping, charming and lovely tale.

On the way, Linda, a novice sailor, suffers from seasickness, experienced petrifying storms at sea, sailed through pirate territory, worked with street children, ran art and play workshops, and kept up a blog.

Together with her husband aka “Captain Underpants”, she sailed in their 13.7-meter plywood yacht named Valiam (a combination of their children’s names, not a misspelling of the euphoric drug!).

This is a story of exploring exotic and remote communities, integrating with the locals and experiencing the vastness of the great oceans and making new friends at each destination.

Sailing In My Sarong is an honest account of a 30,000 nautical mile, two-year circumnavigation of the globe visiting 30 countries from Mooloolaba, Australia via Papua New Guinea, South East Asia, The Indian Ocean, South Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Galapagos and the Pacific. Lavishly illustrated with Linda’s vibrant pastel drawings and spectacular photos this could have been a coffee table book to thumb through, but has too much substance to not actually read. A passionate and brave story spoken from the heart.

Author : Linda Frylink Anderson

Paperback : 388 pages

SKU : P73507

About the Author

Linda Frylink Anderson is an artist, retired Early Childhood teacher and University tutor. She has been married to Bill aka Captain Underpants since 1977. Together they have two grown up children, three grandchildren and a thirst for adventure. Linda’s first book ‘Sailing in my Sarong, Around the World – a 30 year dream’ is a memoir of their circumnavigation of the world in their homebuilt yacht ‘Valiam’. Linda still likes to wear sarongs, and these days she escapes the world to her bush studio in northern New South Wales or she may be on board Valiam in Mooloolaba, Queensland if not at sea.