Close to the Wind

Close to the WindOn November 3, 1996, former Royal Marine Pete Goss embarked on the most grueling competition in his sailing career: the Vend e Globe, a nonstop, single handed round the world yacht race. For the next seven weeks he met every challenge in his stormy path, from combating waves the height of six story buildings to grappling with his spinnaker in high winds. Then everything began going wrong: His sails were destroyed, his navigation equipment proved

On November 3, 1996, former Royal Marine Pete Goss embarked on the most grueling competition in his sailing career: the Vend e Globe, a nonstop, single-handed round-the-world yacht race. For the next seven weeks he met every challenge in his stormy path, from combating waves the height of six-story buildings to grappling with his spinnaker in high winds. Then everything began going wrong: His sails were destroyed, his navigation equipment proved useless. And on Christmas Day his radio picked up a Mayday that a French competitor was sinking 160 miles away. Turning into the hurricane-force winds, Goss set out to rescue a near-dead man on a life raft somewhere in the vast wilderness of the merciless southern ocean. How he did it makes this extraordinary tale as amazing as it is thrilling.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 05/09/2000
ISBN: 9780786707416
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.84d

Review Citations: New York Times 08/27/2000 pg. 22