A Voyage For Madmen
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivevoyageformadmen0000nich_j5l8
- ISBN-100060197641
- ISBN-139780060197643
- Goodreads1851629
- LibraryThing213235
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- Library of Congress Control Number00047196
- OCLC Control Number45100240
- Better World Books9780060197643
- Open LibraryOL7275954M
Classifications
- LCCGV832 .N53 2001
- LCCGV832.N53 2001
Description
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.
Description
"On April 22, 1969 the world watched as a small sailboat came ashore at Falmouth, England, completing a voyage of astonishing courage and endurance that would forever alter our ongoing adventure with the sea. Ten months earlier, nine very different men had set off in small and ill-equipped boats, determined to do the impossible, sail around the world alone and without stopping, to win the race dubbed the Golden Globe."--Jacket.
First Sentence
IN 1966-1967, A 65-YEAR-OLD ENGLISHMAN, Francis Chichester, sailed alone around the world.
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