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The Romantic Challenge

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 216 sider

Beskrivelse

There was in Sir Francis Chichester a restless spirit never satisfied with his achievements. Throughout his adventurous life this quiet Englishman has sought to challenge odds that other, younger, stronger men declared insuperable. As a pilot, as a yachtsman, as a navigator, even as a man who broke the grip of cancer, Sir Francis was always a pioneer. Where he led, others followed: but when he triumphed, he at once sought a new and greater challenge.

This is a book about such a challenge. With the feasibility of long-distance voyages proven beyond doubt - not least by his own remarkable circumnavigation in 1966 - Sir Francis turned at once to the next great barrier facing the single-hander, the 'speed barrier', setting himself the staggering target of sailing 4,000 miles between two fixed points on the earth's surface in 20 days - an average of 200 miles a day whatever the wind, whatever the weather.

The Romantic Challenge tells of the planning, the calculations and the sheer hard work that in January 1971 led him and Gipsy Moth V to their 'starting line' for a race which is the single-hander's '4-Minute Mile' and Marathon, combined in one gruelling, non-stop, murderous ocean race.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal216
  • Udgivelsesdato16-06-2016
  • ISBN139781509834433
  • Forlag Macmillan Bello
  • Målgruppe18+ år
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt254 g
  • Dybde1,3 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    13,3 cm
    20,3 cm

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