Before the Wind: True Stories About Sailing (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP) - Softcover

Gowdey, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070237565 ISBN 13: 9780070237568

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1994

Synopsis

Words of wisdom, humor, practical advice, and ripping yarns.

Twenty-five selections from some of the world's most famous authors and sailors.

Read about:

• Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail around the world alone
• Richard Henry Dana's extraordinary account of beginning a sailor's life
• Ted Turner's racing strategy
• Clare Francis on her transatlantic solo race
• Robert Louis Stevenson's emigrant passage of North America
• Jack London sailing in Polynesia

Plus portraits of:

• Dennis Conner
• Thomas Lipton
• Jacques Cousteau
• Ernest Shackleton
• The great schooner Bluenose
• and more

About this title

Review:

It would take many hours of intense research to find better true stories than those Gowdey has chosen.''

Even if you're not a sailor, you'll love these classic sea tales. I couldn't put this book down.''

About the Author:

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About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0070237565
• ISBN 13: 9780070237568
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288