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10%OFFNicholas Gray - Last Voyages: The Lives and Tragic Loss of Remarkable Sailors Who Never Returned (Making Waves) - 9781909911550 - V9781909911550
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Last Voyages: The Lives and Tragic Loss of Remarkable Sailors Who Never Returned (Making Waves)

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Description for Last Voyages: The Lives and Tragic Loss of Remarkable Sailors Who Never Returned (Making Waves) Paperback. Eleven original, moving accounts which celebrate the lives and recount the final voyages of well-known yachtsmen, all friends of or known to the author. Including racers like Eric Tabarly and Rob James, cruisers and adventurers like Peter Tangvald and Bill Tilman and the ill-prepared Donald Crowhurst. An excellent tribute to some great sailors. Series: Making Waves. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 black & white photos. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Looking back at the lives and sailing careers of some of our lifetime's finest yachtsmen, this collection of eleven original, moving accounts is just as much a celebration of the good - tales of hope, achievement and courageous spirit - as it is an account of their tragic final voyages. Included are world-renowned racers, like Eric Tabarly and Rob James, highly experienced cruisers and adventurers, like Peter Tangvald and Bill Tilman, and the notoriously ill-prepared Donald Crowhurst, as well as other famous and some less well-known sailors. Starting with the sad loss of Frank Davison and Reliance in 1949, the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Fernhurst Books Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Making Waves
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909911550
SKU
V9781909911550
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Nicholas Gray
Nicholas Gray has sailed all his life and owned 14 boats. He raced trimarans short-handed and has competed in the Round Britain & Ireland and Azores and Back races, winning his class in both. During this time he competed against many of the sailors featured in this book. He has worked in Merchant Banking, as a solicitor and in the ... Read more

Reviews for Last Voyages: The Lives and Tragic Loss of Remarkable Sailors Who Never Returned (Making Waves)
Nicholas Gray describes, with an elegance and sympathy rightfully deserved by such characters, the lives, sailing careers and final voyages of a number of well-known yachtsmen, all friends of or known to him. He gives a wonderful insight into the people behind the headlines and the lives before the tragedies. This is an excellent tribute to truly great sailors. Last ... Read more

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