Close to the Wind by Pete Goss
On November 3, 1996, former Royal Marine Pete Goss embarked on the most grueling competition in his sailing career: the Vendee 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.Pete Goss was born in 1961 and traversed the world with his parents as a child. Before to competing in the Vend(c)Globe Challenge, he spent nine years in the Royal Marines. Goss has received the L(c)on d'Honneur, France's highest gallantry medal, as well as the MBE and the title of Yachtsman of the Year. He and his family reside in Cornwall.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780786707416 |
| ISBN 10 | 0786707410 |
| Title | Close to the Wind |
| Author | Pete Goss |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2000-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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