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William Willis (September 8, 1893 – July ?, 1968) was an American sailor and writer who is famous due to his solo rafting expeditions across oceans. ==Early years== Willis became a sailor at 15, leaving his home in Hamburg to sail around Cape Horn.〔Pearson, T.R. (2006). ''Seaworthy: Adrift with William Willis in the Golden Age of Rafting'', Crown Publishers, New York. ISBN 0-307-33594-1.〕 A few days after New Years, 1938 (Page 5, "Damned and Damned Again") Willis rented a room from a woman named Madame Carnot. Her brother, Bernard Carnot, had been sent to Devil's Island for a murder he did not commit, and out of compassion and a sense of adventure Willis set out to Devil's Island to effect Bernard Carnot's escape, which he eventually accomplished. During his first solo expedition in 1954 from South America to American Samoa, he sailed 6,700 miles – 2,200 miles farther than did Thor Heyerdahl on Kon-Tiki. His raft was named "Seven Little Sisters" and was crewed by himself, his parrot, and cat. Willis was age 61 at the time of this voyage. In a second great voyage ten years later, he rafted 11,000 miles from South America to Australia.〔('Seaworthy' adrift with a free spirit )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Willis (sailor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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