When people talk about going «'round the world », the first thought that comes to mind is Phileas Fogg and his 80-day travel through the Panama and Suez Canals, along the Equator.
But for sailors, going 'round the world means sailing the oceans and going round the three Capes : the African, Australian and American cape.

Men and women have sailed their ships under extreme conditions of winds and cold: from Sir Francis Chichester to Peter Blake, from the Golden Globe to the Vendée Globe, from the Whitbread to the Jules Verne trophy, this is a saga of human and maritime adventure, of challenge and achievement under extreme conditions...