A Giant Felled: Two-time Circumnavigator Larry Pardey (1939-2020)

The cruising world lost yet another major presence and contributor earlier this week when two-time circumnavigator, master boatbuilder, prolific author and all-around good guy Larry Pardey passed away in New Zealand after a long illness. He was 81.

With his wife, sailing partner and longtime co-author Lin (the couple penned nearly a dozen books, along with countless magazine articles and a long series of videos), Pardey completed two long and rambling circumnavigations on a pair of engineless wooden boats he built with his own hands.