The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney (1992)

A near miss by two hurricanes, a total knockdown of his boat, blown out sails and gear, a perilously close encounter with a massive fishing boat...Senator Edward Kennedy read Bill Pinkney's account of his round-the-world voyage into the Congressional Record of the 102nd Congress. Captain Pinkney made history. In 1992, at the age of 55, he became the first Black man of any nation to circumnavigate the globe, becoming just the fourth out of five Americans to successfully accomplish the dangerous mission.