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Eakin, Chris.
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Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (1968-1969)
Sailors -- Biography.
Voyages around the world.
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Eakin, Chris.
Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (1968-1969)
Sailors -- Biography.
Voyages around the world.
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A race too far / Chris Eakin.
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Eakin, Chris.
Ebury, 2009.
Call #:
797
.14
E11r
Subjects
Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (1968-1969)
Sailors -- Biography.
Voyages around the world.
ISBN:
9780091932596 (hbk.)
0091932599 (hbk.)
Description:
320 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"They set out to conquer the oceans and ended up destroying themselves. The tragic story of the 1968 Golden Golbe yacht race"-- Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 320)
Summary:
In 1968, the "Sunday Times" organised the Golden Globe race, a round the world yacht race that must be completed single-handed and non-stop, going into port for repairs or supplies would mean disqualification. "A Race Too Far" is the story of how the race unfolded, and how it became a tragedy for many involved. Of the nine sailors who started the race, four realised the madness of the undertaking and pulled out within weeks. The remaining five each have their own remarkable story. Robin Knox-Johnston was the only one to complete the race. Forty years on, Chris Eakin recreates the drama of the epic race, talking to all those touched by the tragedies surrounding the Golden Globe: the survivors, the widows and the children of those who died. It is a book that both evokes the primary wonder of the adventure itself and reflects on what it has come to mean to both those involved and the rest of us in the forty years since.
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