The First Swede Around the World: Casually Meeting Anders Eriksson and Malala Turns out, he’s the first Swede to ever sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world. Sailing Malala Adventures is the story of Anders Eriksson, a man who’s done what most of us only dream of—sailing solo, nonstop, around the world. Aboard his steel ketch, S/Y Malala, he took on the world’s roughest seas, crossing the vast Southern Ocean, rounding the five great capes—Cape Agulhas, Cape Leeuwin, South East Cape,