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Forty-seven yachts crossed the starting line for the GBP 100,000 Tristar, the first single-handed ocean race to be held in the northern winter - 8,000 miles of sailing from Plymouth to the Azores, the West Indies, Newfoundland and back to Plymouth. To compete, Martin Savage gave up everything - left his job, sold his house, pledged himself to the hilt and lost his girl friend. But he was on the way to achieving his greatest ambition. Forty hours out at sea, hove-to in a gale, he found he had a stowaway, a girl in flight from an unhappy love affair. He was no longer single-handed - if she was discovered he would be disqualified. If she was discovered..."Sea Fever" tells the story of this epic race, of the extraordinary relationship between the yachtsman driven by a compulsive obsession to win, and the girl whose presence on board faced him with ruin. Was she prisoner or ally? Did he want her dead or alive? As the race wore on Savage's chances improved, the stakes grew higher and tension on board reached breaking point. The glory and terror of a small ketch battling against the huge seas and fierce winds of the North Atlantic in winter is vividly evoked, as are psychological and emotional pressures on a man and woman inescapably confined in a tiny space, their moods alternating between fear and elation, hatred and resentment, love and desire. With its strange beginning, its sustained tension and dramatic climax, "Sea Fever" is not only Anthony Trew's most unusual story of the sea, but quite possibly his best.
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Antony Trew spent many years at sea. During the 1939-45 war he served with the Mediteranian Fleet in the 22nd Anti-Submarine Group and in the Western Approaches where he commanded the destroyer Walker, principally on Russian convoys. He was awarded the DSC and died in 1996. His highly successful career as a novelist began with the sensationally best-selling Two Hours to Darkness in 1963. After that he wrote many novels, mainly about the sea.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0002223686
- ISBN 13 9780002223683
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Paul Wright (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, price clipped, small pencil inscription to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 220pp. Thirty-three year old Martin Savage is an insurance broker. But his true love is the sea. Giving up his job, his home and potentially, his girlfriend, Tessa, Martin enters the ocean race, TRISTAR, with a hundred thousand pounds in prize money to be won. On the third day of the race, Martin discovers a stowaway on board. Shocked, he is beyond enraged, this was a single handed race and the presence of a stowaway meant instant disqualification. But how was he supposed to get rid of her, he couldn't just chuck her overboard. Or could he? Victoria Brownson, heartbroken at the end of her affair with her married boss, decides that a few weeks sailing with a gorgeous stranger is just what she needs. Boarding the ketch ahead of the race, Vikki hopes to fulfil her fantasy. However, Vikki's journey onboard Sunboro Beauty is fraught with one disaster after another. Unused to the sea, her seasickness exposes her to Martin. What she hadn?t foreseen was the evil behind the handsome exterior. As Martin and Vikki are stuck in a confined space for a prolonged period of time they realise that helping one another is the only way forward. But will they embark on a relationship as tension heats up or will Martin's temper threaten the peace and even Vikki's life? Antony Francis Trew, (1906-96), was a South African naval officer and thriller writer. In World War II he served with the South African and Royal Navies in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Western Approaches and commanded the escort destroyer HMS Walker. He also served on the Arctic Convoys and was awarded the DSC. Seller Inventory # 009056
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