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020 _a9780786707416
041 _aEnglish
082 _a910.450
_bGOS
100 _aGoss, Pete
245 _aClose to the wind
_cPete Goss
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bCarroll & Graf Pub., Inc.,
_c1999.
300 _a273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_bmaps, photographs ;
_c24 cm
505 _tBeginnings --
_tThe Idea Is Born --
_tCornish Meadow --
_tAbout Turn! Quick March! --
_tRound the World for the First Time --
_tThe Road Not Taken --
_tBegin It Now --
_tPress On --
_tThe Singie-Handed Transatlantic --
_tOff to France --
_tInto the Southern Ocean --
_tA Close Encounter --
_tNo Man's Land --
_tThe Home Run.
520 _aAn 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.
650 _aGoss, Pete -- Travel.
650 _aYachting.
942 _2ddc
_cBOOKS
999 _c27083
_d27083