Missing the Boat
Chasing a Childhood Sailing Dream
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2010
Summary
From the award-winning author of The Hour comes the funniest book about messing about in boats since Jerome K. Jerome…
The hilarious true story of an amateur boating adventure.
Yacht racing. A world of privilege and money. Beautiful women, bronzed men, and Simon le Bon explaining that he used to be in a band. It’s not like that for everyone. Somewhere much, much further down the ladder it all looks very different.
As a teenager, Michael Hutchinson raced tiny p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099552345 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099552345 |
| Author: | Michael Hutchinson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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Michael Hutchinson delivers the laughs with ease
Michael Hutchinson delivers the laughs with ease * Independent *
A humorous account of messing about in boats * The Bookseller *
About The Author
Michael Hutchinson
Michael Hutchinson became a full-time cyclist in 2000 after becoming disillusioned with an academic career. Over the following six years he has won more than twenty national titles, and the gold medal in the Masters’ Pursuit World Championships. He is now a writer and journalist (and cyclist) and lives in south London. His book on the hour cycling record, The Hour, was published by Yellow Jersey in paperback in 2007. He is now a writer and journalist and lives in Cambridge.
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