Close to the wind Pete Goss
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
- 910.450 GOS
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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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