1984 Ericson 38, with 17 days outbound and 22 days return. In 2021, he completed a third single-handed voyage (his second on Thelonious II) from Los Angeles to Honolulu (19 days) and back (26 days) at 78 years old—the video of this journey contains Williams's reflections upon the nature of aging. Video documentaries of his sailing adventures have more than 5 million views on the YouTube channel “Christian Williams Sailing.” Books Williams chronicled the founding of CNN in the 1981 Ted Turner biography Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way. Williams' 2016 book "Alone Together: Sailing Solo to Hawaii and Beyond" recounts his solo sail two years earlier to Hawaii and back in his 32-foot sloop "Thelonious." Philosophy of Sailing: Offshore in Search of the Universe, published in 2018, attempts to apply techniques of phenomenology and other forms of inquiry to the experience of isolation and solitude. His novel, Rarotonga, (East Wind Press, 2019), explores the attempt of a controversial millionaire to flee family, the IRS and a murder charge in search of paradise alone on his luxury sailing yacht. References 1943 births Living people Norwich University alumni 20th-century American newspaper editors 20th-century American biographers 21st-century American novelists American television writers American YouTubers