Name: The Romantic Challenge (en Inglés)
SKU: 62971277
Price: 79956.00 COP
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Author: Francis Chichester
ISBN: 9781509834433

portada The Romantic Challenge (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Bello

Autor

Francis Chichester

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

218

ISBN13

9781509834433

The Romantic Challenge (en Inglés)

Francis Chichester (Autor) · Bello · Libro Físico

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There was in sir francis chichester a restless spirit never satisfied with his achievements. throughout his adventurous life this quiet englishman has sought to challenge odds that other, younger, stronger men declared insuperable. as a pilot, as a yachtsman, as a navigator, even as a man who broke the grip of cancer, sir francis was always a pioneer. where he led, others followed: but when he triumphed, he at once sought a new and greater challenge. this is a book about such a challenge. with the feasibility of long-distance voyages proven beyond doubt - not least by his own remarkable circumnavigation in 1966 - sir francis turned at once to the next great barrier facing the single-hander, the speed barrier, setting himself the staggering target of sailing 4,000 miles between two fixed points on the earths surface in 20 days - an average of 200 miles a day whatever the wind, whatever the weather. the romantic challenge tells of the planning, the calculations and the sheer hard work that in january 1971 led him and gipsy moth v to their starting line for a race which is the single-handers 4-minute mile and marathon, combined in one gruelling, non-stop, murderous ocean race.