It is impossible to say that Moitessier would have won if he had completed the race, as he would have been sailing in different weather conditions than Knox-Johnston did, but based on his time from the start to Cape Horn being about 77% of that of Knox-Johnston, it would have been extremely close. However Moitessier is on record as stating that he would not have won. His book, "The Long Way", tells the story of his voyage as a spiritual journey as much as a sailing adventure and is still regarded as a classic of sailing literature. "Joshua" was beached, along with many other yachts, by a storm at Cabo San Lucas in December 1982; with a new boat, "Tamata", Moitessier sailed back to Tahiti from the San Francisco Bay. He died in 1994.