The Race
Subtitle: the first nonstop, round-the-world, no-holds-barred sailing competition
By: Tim Zimmermann
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780618117482; 9780618382705
Subjects: Sailboat racing; History; Voyages around the world; Catamarans
Description: Provides an account of an extreme non-stop sailing race around the world, a competition that attracted competitors willing to risk millions of dollars and their lives to voyage around the world in fragile sailing vessels in record time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316).
Table of contents: title: Clippers, toffs, and an American original; title: Cockleshell heroes; title: The golden globe; title: Modern mayhem; title: A new breed of cat; title: Speed and carnage; title: The trials of team Philips; title: To the Atlantic; title: To the equator; title: To the southern ocean; title: Southern ocean derby; title: Southern ocean express; title: Cape Horn and home.