num_pages: 336
description: When on September 2, 1989 sailing yacht FAZISI sailed off into the Whitbread Round the World Race, she became the first ever and the only boat from the former Soviet Union to enter one of the most challenging and prestigious endurance races on the planet. Built in the Soviet Union, equipped with Western sails, rig and electronics, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola International and co-skipperd by American Skip Novak, she was indeed an intriguing mix. In the height of Michael Gorbachev's perestroika that not only changed Russia but also altered the entire order of the world, FAZISI with her international crew bravely challenging the most treacherous waters on the planet was, in a sense, like a proverbial dove sent into an uncertain future. Like perestroika itself, FAZISI was a bold experiment in survival... RACE TO FREEDOM by Vladislav Murnikov, FAZISI's project manager and designer, tells this incredible story firstnand.
language: English
title: Race to Freedom : A Tale of an Impossible Around the World Journey
titlecomplete: Race to Freedom : A Tale of an Impossible Around the World Journey
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Seven Seas Pr