Ben Lowings

Ben Lowings

Ben Lowings has sailed dinghies and yachts everywhere from the Norwegian Arctic to New Zealand. An ex-newsreader for Radio New Zealand, he has spent more than a decade at the BBC World Service.

He also skippers commercial yacht deliveries around Britain. He has written three books, The Chancellor, a biography of the yachtsman George Millar, and The Dolphin, a biography of Dr David Lewis, and The Sun Of May: Vito Dumas: A Life.

Vito Dumas on oilskins onboard his boat

Vito Dumas was the first person to sail solo around the world south of the three great capes. Ben Lowings recalls the Argentine’s inspiring achievement