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Author : Sir Francis Chichester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Atlantic Ocean
ISBN : UVA:X000366497
Author : Gerry Spiess,Marlin Bree
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : North Atlantic Ocean
ISBN : 0285625284
Author : Peter Keating
Publisher : Book Reality Experience
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0645153230
At the age of 57, Australian Peter Keating set out to sail, single-handed, across the Atlantic. This is his account, yet it is also the journey of each one of us, should we decide to peer over the horizon and strike out from safe harbours.
Author : Peter Nichols
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-23
Category : Sailing, Single-handed
ISBN : 1861974418
To mark the publication of two other titles by Peter Nichols, A Voyage for Madmen and Lodestar Profile Books is delighted to announce the reissue of this, Peter Nichols_ first book, a biographical account of his own dramatic adventure. When his marriage ended, Peter Nichols had to sell the only thing he and his wife owned - their boat. With only his sextant, his instincts as a seasoned sailor and his memories of a floundering marriage, he sets out from England to sail to America to sell his beloved boat, Toad. Halfway across the Atlantic, Toad springs a leak. As the sea floods in faster, Nichols tries everything to stay afloat, desperately pumping the water out by hand. He loses the battle after 3 days and is forced to sink Toad. This is more than a sea-tale. It is the painful story of his marriage, his boat and himself.
Author : John Fairfax
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Nature
ISBN : NWU:35556008907438
Author : Adam Shoalts
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735236844
National bestseller A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greatest living explorer." In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America's greatest wilderness. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected, digital world, it's still possible to wander for months without crossing a single road, or even see another human being. Between his starting point in Eagle Plains, Yukon Territory, to his destination in Baker Lake, Nunavut, lies a maze of obstacles: shifting ice floes, swollen rivers, fog-bound lakes, and gale-force storms. And Shoalts must time his departure by the breakup of the spring ice, then sprint across nearly 4,000 kilometers of rugged, wild terrain to arrive before winter closes in. He travels alone up raging rivers that only the most expert white-water canoeists dare travel even downstream. He must portage across fields of jagged rocks that stretch to the horizon, and navigate labyrinths of swamps, tormented by clouds of mosquitoes every step of the way. And the race against the calendar means that he cannot afford the luxuries of rest, or of making mistakes. Shoalts must trek tirelessly, well into the endless Arctic summer nights, at times not even pausing to eat. But his reward is the adventure of a lifetime. Heart-stopping, wonder-filled, and attentive to the majesty of the natural world, Beyond the Trees captures the ache for adventure that afflicts us all.
Author : Hannes Lindermann
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446547113
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Roz Savage
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416583608
STUCK IN A corporate job rut and faced with an unraveling marriage at the age of thirty-six, Roz Savage sat down one night and wrote two versions of her own obituary -- the one that she wanted and the one she was heading for. They were very different. She realized that if she carried on as she was, she wasn't going to end up with the life she wanted. So she turned her back on an eleven-year career as a management consultant to reinvent herself as a woman of adventure. She invested her life's savings in an ocean rowboat and became the first solo woman ever to enter the Atlantic Rowing Race. Her 3,000-mile trial by sea became the challenge of a lifetime. Of the twenty-six crews that set out from La Gomera, six capsized or sank and didn't make it to the finish line in Antigua. There were times when she thought she had hit her absolute limit, but alone in the middle of the ocean, she had no choice but to find the strength to carry on. In Rowing the Atlantic we are brought on board when Savage's dreams of feasts are nourished by yet another freeze-dried meal. When her gloves wear through to her blistered hands. When her headlamp is the only light on a pitch-black night ocean that extends indefinitely in all directions. When, one by one, all four of her oars break. When her satellite communication fails. Stroke by stroke, Savage discovers there is so much more to life than a fancy sports car and a power-suit job. Flashing back to key moments from her life before rowing, she describes the bolt from the blue that first inspired her to row across oceans and how this crazy idea evolved from a dream into a tendinitis-inducing reality. And finally, Savage discovers in the rough waters of the Atlantic the kind of happiness we all hope to find.
Author : Steven Callahan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780547526560
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Author : Paul Heiney
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Single-handed sailing
ISBN : 1845961072
In 1960, when Sir Francis Chichester first raced single-handed across the Atlantic, it was widely regarded as a voyage only for the insane. Nowadays, the Singlehanded Transatlantic Race is not only accorded the greatest of respect, but it’s also recognized as a true test of stamina, seamanship, and navigation. But this doesn’t mean that it’s exclusively a race for heroes. In 2005, Paul Heiney, an amateur sailor by any measure, entered the race to prove that the spirit of the transatlantic pioneers can still get you from one side of the Atlantic to the other, if you try hard enough. He sailed in a standard family cruiser, in which he had the utmost confidence; but his trust in his own abilities was much less certain. The Last Man Across the Atlantic is an engrossing account of what it was like to be out there alone.
Author : Maud Fontenoy
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781628724974
Over the last century only six men had defied the power of nature and successfully rowed across the Atlantic from west to east. Maud Fontenoy, a 2005 Time (Europe) Hero, changed that forever when she became the first woman to do so. In 2003 Fontenoy, a young woman and seasoned mariner, set out from Newfoundland in her twenty-four-foot-long boat, Pilot, to row across the North Atlantic. Her goal: to prove that a woman could do what men once believed to be impossible. It became a journey both far more harrowing than even she had imagined and one full of unexpected wonders. Her extraordinary story continues to inspire.
Author : Stuart Woods
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781101599280
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series tells the true story of his journey sailing alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world’s most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of thirty-seven, did this self-proclaimed novice go from small ponds to the big sea? Now with a new afterword that looks back at how one transatlantic race changed his life, Woods takes readers on a spectacular journey—not just of traveling across the world, but of being tried in fire, learning by accepting challenges, appreciating the beauty of the open water, and living to tell about it.
Author : Peter Nichols
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782835479
Sea Change is Peter Nichols' first book, a biographical account of his own dramatic adventure. When his marriage ended, Nichols had to sell the only thing he and his wife owned - their boat. With only his sextant, his instincts as a seasoned sailor and his memories of a floundering marriage, he sets out from England to sail to America to sell his beloved boat, Toad. Halfway across the Atlantic, Toad springs a leak. As the sea floods in faster, Nichols tries everything to stay afloat, desperately pumping the water out by hand. He loses the battle after three days and is forced to abandon Toad. This is more than a sea-tale. It is the painful story of his marriage, his boat and himself.
Author : Jimmy Cornell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781408158883
A guide to nearly 1,000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It advises on the winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather, and optimum times for individual routes, plus over 6,000 waypoints.
Author : Pete Bray
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781445650609
Pete Bray provides a first-hand account of the first ever single-handed crossing of the North Atlantic.