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A Voyage for Madmen

By Peter Nichols

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| Paperback | 9780060957032

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In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn Continue

In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death.

In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms in the Southern Ocean, and of those riveting moments when a split-second decision means the difference between life and death.

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  • Breaking the waves

    A Voyage For Madmen Peter Nichols 313pp, Profile Books, £16.99 Buy it at a discount at BOL When Ellen MacArthur recently sailed round the world, alone in her boat Kingfisher , she always knew exactly where she was. An electronic device hooked her up ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 298 Pages
  • Edition: 1st Perenn
  • ISBN-10: 0060957034
  • ISBN-13: 9780060957032
  • Publisher: Perennial
  • Pub date: Jun 01, 2002
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Others
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