the Deaf in Edinburgh. Gerry later went on to teach at St Roch's Secondary School in Glasgow. Single-handed trans-Atlantic race In August 2004, Hughes bought a 23-year-old, 34-foot yacht. He named the yacht Quest II. Hughes set off from Portsmouth in Quest II, but was forced to call at Cork in Ireland for repairs due to a failure of battery power. Out in the Atlantic, a few days later, the battery power failed again, resulting is the loss of use of his navigation lights, generator, laptop computer and mobile phone. He continued, making use of an oil lamp. When he eventually reached USA waters he was able to ask directions from a passing speed-boat encountered in fog. He reached Newport successfully when the fog had cleared. Sailing around the world On 1 September 2012 Hughes left Troon, Scotland to start his eight-month journey across the world. Hughes travel around the world solo, sailed 32,000 miles and became the first deaf yachtsman to passed all five southernmost capes - Cape Agulhas, Cape Leeuwin, South East Cape, South West Cape and Cape Horn. References External links Quest III Sailing Project Bridging-Our-Differences-by Gerry-Hughes on Amazon Single-handed sailors Single-handed circumnavigating sailors Living people Educators of the deaf Deaf sportspeople Scottish deaf people BSL users Year of birth missing (living people)