Charles Blundell

Charles Blundell, alias 'Chas from Tas', was born in Devon and descended from Sir Francis Drake. His family emigrated to Tasmania where he went to the same school as Errol Flynn and was introduced to sailing. In his four decades at sea, he has worked on commercial fishing boats, ocean mining, exploration vessels, and a reef diving submarine. He was one of the last of the celestial navigators and has raced on teams for the United States, Great Britain, Sweden, Hong Kong, Brazil and New Zealand...See more

Charles Blundell, alias 'Chas from Tas', was born in Devon and descended from Sir Francis Drake. His family emigrated to Tasmania where he went to the same school as Errol Flynn and was introduced to sailing. In his four decades at sea, he has worked on commercial fishing boats, ocean mining, exploration vessels, and a reef diving submarine. He was one of the last of the celestial navigators and has raced on teams for the United States, Great Britain, Sweden, Hong Kong, Brazil and New Zealand in high profile yachting events. He has covered well over five hundred thousand nautical miles at sea, survived everything from typhoons to pirate attacks, is the record holder of some of the greatest sea-faring adventures in modern times, and is a legend in the yachting world. He spend twenty years sailing the China Seas and has not lived in one country for more than six months in thirty years, until moving to Australia ten years ago to write his memories. It's been a remarkable life, so it too a long time to write. See less