When "Teignmouth Electron" was discovered drifting and abandoned in the Atlantic on 10 July, a fund was started for Crowhurst's wife and children; Knox-Johnston donated his £5,000 prize to the fund, and more money was added by press and sponsors. The news of his deception, mental breakdown, and suicide, as chronicled in his surviving logbooks, was made public a few weeks later, causing a sensation. Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, two of the journalists connected with the race, wrote a 1970 book on Crowhurst's voyage, "The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst", described by Hammond Innes in its "Sunday Times" review as "fascinating, uncomfortable reading" and a "meticulous investigation" of Crowhurst's downfall.