Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Alain Gerbault

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French sailor Alain Gerbault.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Alain Gerbault

Alain Jacques Georges Marie Gerbault was a French Sailor, writer and tennis champion, who made a circumnavigation of the world as a single-handed sailor. He eventually settled in the islands of south Pacific Ocean, where he wrote several books about the islanders' way of life. As a tennis player he was ranked the fifth on the French rankings in 1923.

Every man needs to find a peak, a mountain top or a remote island of his own choosing that he reaches under his own power alone in his own good time. — © Alain Gerbault
Every man needs to find a peak, a mountain top or a remote island of his own choosing that he reaches under his own power alone in his own good time.
I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.
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