Close to the wind Pete Goss

By:

Goss, Pete

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Carroll & Graf Pub., Inc., 1999.Description: 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, photographs ; 24 cmISBN:

9780786707416

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

910.450 GOS

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography		Non-fiction		910.450 GOS (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available	Gifted / Donated Books		28929

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.

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.

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