After the Atlantic in December 2002 (First single-handed transatlantic in the "20 feet sport" category (less than 20 feet sport catamaran without cabin), non stop, not assisted, approved by WSSRC/ISAF ) and the Pacific in August 2006 (World Record - North Pacific Ocean Crossing, single-handed, non stop, not assisted in the "20 feet sport" category, approved by WSSRC/ISAF) Alessandro Di Benedetto, a Franco-Italian geologist ,39 years old, decided to sail "around the world".

The challenge

Attempt to sail around the world, single-handed, non stop, not assisted, by a sailing boat 6.5  mt long.

International certification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council/International Sailing Federation WSSRC/ISAF, first world competition and record all over the world.
In case of triumph it would be the first case of a sailing boat inferior to 32 ft accomplishing such a feat (Round World Sailing Records are certificated by WSSRC)
The new trip rules are very simple. They are the same used for  the Golden Globe, first regatta single-handed sailor held by Sunday Times in 1968/69, later become Vendée Globe:
    * A sailor, a sailing boat, the globe circumnavigation sailing past the 3 Capes at left (Agulhas, Leeuwin, Horn), without any landing and not assisted.