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Join renowned solo sailor, writer and musician (The Mockers; Fagan and the People) Andrew Fagan for an entertaining afternoon of high-stakes bluewater solo sailing stories accompanied by images shared from his private collection and his three memoirs of his sailing life and adventures on his tiny 5.1m sloop, Swirly World in Perpetuity. Book your seat today to hear from this intrepid sailor and master storyteller!
Please note there will be no book sales available at this event. Borrow a Bestie copy of Andrew's latest book, Swirly World: Lost at Sea, from our library team, and meet and greet the author and bring your own copies for signing after the event.
Meet the author:
Andrew Fagan was frontman of 80s pop band The Mockers. He is the author of eight books including his nonfiction trilogy of life onboard a tiny yacht, Swirly World: The Solo Voyages (2001), Swirly World Sails South (2012), and Swirly World: Lost at Sea (2024). Andrew Fagan's Passage of Time tour, Solo Songs and Stories from a Swirly World, tours New Zealand in November 2025. See www.facebook.com/FaganAndThePeople for more details.
About the book:
In January 2022, renowned solo sailor, Andrew Fagan, set sail from Auckland, New Zealand, in his tiny 5.1m sloop-rigged plywood yacht Swirly World in Perpetuity in an attempt to set the world record for 'The smallest boat to sail solo around the world via the Great Capes'. The voyage itself was estimated to take fourteen months non-stop. Fourteen months of food, water... and resolve. Andrew first needed to cross the vast South Pacific Ocean towards Cape Horn, the stuff of myth and legend and the point at which the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet, one of the most feared sea routes in the world. Was his boat up to it? Was he up to it? Written with his trademark humour and a solemn sense of sailing awareness, Swirly World: Lost At Sea is underpinned by Andrew's clinical understanding of both the brutality and beauty of the sea.
Transport, parking and accessibility:
Limited parking available in the library carpark and at the back of the Artworks complex. Additional street parking or available behind Oneroa village. See AT's guide to parking on Waiheke Island for further details.
Closest bus stop to Waiheke Library: #1151.
Ferries to Waiheke depart from Downtown Ferry Terminal and terminate at Matiatia Ferry Terminal on Waiheke Island. Additional ferry services including those with drive-on drive-off car and passenger services depart from Wynyard Quarter, Downtown Car Park and Half Moon Bay in East Auckland and terminate at Kennedy Point, Waiheke Island. See AT's Journey Planner for route details including bus transfers from all terminals.
The venue is wheelchair friendly with accessible toilets and accessible parking available.
This event is presented by Auckland Council Libraries in association with We Read Auckland / Ka Pānui Tātou i Tāmaki Makaurau.
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