Moitessier: A Sailing Legend
A Sailing Legend
$48.00
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
24 August 2005
Summary
In 1968 during the Golden Globe, the first solo non-stop race around the world, Bernard Moitessier sent the following message with a slingshot onto the deck of a freighter, ‘I am continuing …’ With this unbelievable decision to turn his back on glory and money, when he had victory in his grasp, and continue sailing to the Pacific Islands after seven months at sea, he became a guru for all small boat sailors. Jean-Michel Barrault was his friend for 36 years. He met him when Moitessier, having …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781574092042 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1574092049 |
| Author: | Jean-Michel Barrault, Peter Nichols |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Imprint: | Sheridan House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 24 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
Moitessier, a Sailing Legend is immensely readable and like any good story about the sea it is full of surprises and twists
Moitessier, a Sailing Legend is immensely readable and like any good story about the sea it is full of surprises and twists * Sailing *A sailor, storyteller, lecturer and tormented soul, Moitessier reveals his life’s voyage in this compelling book. * The Ensign *This affectionate portrait brings out all the talents and conflicts in its subject, a man of great enthusiasms, a man who cared passionately about people and the environment and who never succumbed to complacency or apathy. * The Sea Chest *
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