TY - BOOK AU - Goss, Pete TI - Close to the wind SN - 9780786707416 U1 - 910.450 PY - 1999/// CY - New York, NY : PB - Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc., KW - Goss, Pete -- Travel KW - Yachting N1 - Beginnings -- ; The Idea Is Born -- ; Cornish Meadow -- ; About Turn! Quick March! -- ; Round the World for the First Time -- ; The Road Not Taken -- ; Begin It Now -- ; Press On -- ; The Singie-Handed Transatlantic -- ; Off to France -- ; Into the Southern Ocean -- ; A Close Encounter -- ; No Man's Land -- ; The Home Run. N2 - An avid sailor describes his life-long love affair with the sea and with sailing, his participation in a solo round-the-world race, the hardships and disasters that followed, and his epic battle to rescue a fellow competitor whose boat sank and still complete the race ER -