Sea of Dreams Racing Alone Around the World in a Small Boat |
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| Author:
| Mayers, Adam |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-07441-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $57.42 |
Book Description:
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The biennial Around Alone yacht race (now known as the 5-Oceans Challenge) is the most thrilling adventure in the world for the sailors passionate enough to undertake it. Among the competitors in 2002 was Derek Hatfield, a former fraud-squad Mountie, whose forty-foot "Spirit of Canada" had cost him almost everything he had. In this nail-biting account of the race, Adam Mayers brings to life the joys and the agonies of racing alone -- and the dreams that drive these men and women to...
More DescriptionThe biennial Around Alone yacht race (now known as the 5-Oceans Challenge) is the most thrilling adventure in the world for the sailors passionate enough to undertake it. Among the competitors in 2002 was Derek Hatfield, a former fraud-squad Mountie, whose forty-foot "Spirit of Canada" had cost him almost everything he had. In this nail-biting account of the race, Adam Mayers brings to life the joys and the agonies of racing alone -- and the dreams that drive these men and women to sail around the world solo. Watch for Hatfield when he competes again in 2006.
"From the Trade Paperback edition."