ABOUT THE AUTHOR Twice Around-the-World + 4 times across the Med. Alan Phillips did his first circumnavigation in a boat called "Scorpio "starting in 1980. His next circumnavigation commenced in 1992 onboard "Wallaby Creek ." This voyage lasted 15 years. He has also done a two year passage to China via Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Philippines etc. His is Australian and has circumnavigated Australia and done numerous passages out into the Pacific Ocean from Australia, including seven times into Papua New Guinea and six times across the China Sea. After 25 years and 100,000 nautical miles of oce...