Author: John Rousmaniere
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393308650
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"The deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing"--Cover.
Fastnet Force 10
Author: John Rousmaniere
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393308650
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"The deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing"--Cover.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393308650
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"The deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing"--Cover.
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (New Edition)
Author: John Rousmaniere
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340325
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2,500 men and women were smashed by forty-foot breaking waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them. By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned ship, five yachts had sunk, 136 sailors had been rescued, and only 85 boats had finished the race. John Rousmaniere was there, and he tells the tragic story of the greatest disaster in the history of yachting as only one who has sailed through the teeth of a killer storm can. With a new introduction by the author.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340325
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2,500 men and women were smashed by forty-foot breaking waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them. By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned ship, five yachts had sunk, 136 sailors had been rescued, and only 85 boats had finished the race. John Rousmaniere was there, and he tells the tragic story of the greatest disaster in the history of yachting as only one who has sailed through the teeth of a killer storm can. With a new introduction by the author.
Fastnet
Author: Roger Vaughan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
InfoWorld
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
Publication
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Best of the Best
Author: Francis S. Kinney
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393024954
Category : Yacht building
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
A big, beautiful book presenting the finest and most beautiful sailing yachts designed by one of America's greatest yacht designers during the last fifty years--the histories, plans and magnificent photographs. More than 200 duotones, more than 200 drawings.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393024954
Category : Yacht building
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
A big, beautiful book presenting the finest and most beautiful sailing yachts designed by one of America's greatest yacht designers during the last fifty years--the histories, plans and magnificent photographs. More than 200 duotones, more than 200 drawings.
Left for Dead
Author: Nick Ward
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0713685220
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A gripping true-life story of survival against all the odds: Touching the Void meets Perfect Storm.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0713685220
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A gripping true-life story of survival against all the odds: Touching the Void meets Perfect Storm.
The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States
Author: Benjamin Homans
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
H.O. Pub
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description