Race, The: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition
by Zimmermann, Tim
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0752841653
- ISBN 13
- 9780752841656
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Synopsis
An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind -- a nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in the fastest boats ever built -- The Race attracts some of the world's best sailors and arguably its most eccentric personalities. Tim Zimmermann, an experienced blue-water sailor, relates in knuckle-whitening detail how and why sailors risk millions of dollars and their lives to dash around the world in record time. He garnishes this story with a chronicle of the tumultuous history of extreme sailing from the nineteenth century to today. Zimmermann "puts the reader right on board with the tough, colorful crews as they take a crash course (sometimes literally) in how to handle these astonishing machines" (Derek Lundy, author of Godforsaken Sea).
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- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SPOSAI9
- Title
- Race, The: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition
- Author
- Zimmermann, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0752841653
- ISBN 13
- 9780752841656
- Publisher
- Orion Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- SAILING, SPORT, AROUND THE WORLD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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