BOLD MAN OF THE SEA: My Epic Journey

SHEKHDAR, Jim with Edward Griffiths

ISBN 10: 0340821701 / ISBN 13: 9780340821701

Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2001

About this Item

SIGNED on the title page. Fine condition in near fine dust wrapper (price clipped), octavo, blue boards, maps on end papers xvi plus 255 pages. [QP].

Seller Inventory # 009785

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BOLD MAN OF THE SEA: My Epic Journey
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340821701
• ISBN 13: 9780340821701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Maritime

About this title

Synopsis

During an action-packed 274 days at sea, Jim Shekhdar became the first person to row across the Pacific Ocean single-handedly. This is the story of his epic journey. The journey started out badly, he was refused permission to set off from Chile, then when he set off from Peru he found he'd left the tin opener behind. Later Jim also ran out of cooking gas. More bad fortune was to beset Jim as he had to fend off sharks, have his telecommunications fail him and nearly lose his life to an oil tanker. And then 150 yards out from his journey's end, Jim had to refuse offers of help so as not to invalidate his record attempt.

About the Author

Jim Shekhdar was born in 1946 in Leamington Spa. Trained as a civil engineer, he worked on the M4 motorway in England, a variety of projects in Australia, roads in New Zealand and New Guinea, airports in Zaire and flats in the United Arab Emirates. Most recently he has worked in computers. He rowed across the Atlantic with David Jackson in 1997. He was scheduled for a hip replacement operation, but postponed it for his epic Pacific journey.