Beginning in June of 2005, on a small boat of nine meters length, I set out on a solo navigation of the globe that lasted for three years and ten months.My long journey excluded the poles but took me across five oceans. After traversing the Northern and Southern Pacific, the Northern and Southern Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean, I was able to see things that I couldn't before: floating debris in the ocean, the need for improving conditions for yacht voyaging, and the training of young yachtsmen for the Tokyo Olympics.