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The Romantic Challenge
Af: Francis Chichester
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Romantic Challenge af Francis Chichester, 9781509834433
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
216
ISBN-13:
9781509834433
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1509834435
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Udg. Dato:
16 jun 2016
Størrelse i cm:
20,3 x 13,3 x 1,3
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
16 jun 2016
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The Romantic Challenge

Af: Francis Chichester
Engelsk
Paperback 2016
Format:
Paperback
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There was in Sir Francis Chichester a restless spirit never satisfied with his achievements. Throughout his adventurous life this quiet Englishman has sought to challenge odds that other, younger, stronger men declared insuperable. As a pilot, as a yachtsman, as a navigator, even as a man who broke the grip of cancer, Sir Francis was always a pioneer. Where he led, others followed: but when he triumphed, he at once sought a new and greater challenge.

This is a book about such a challenge. With the feasibility of long-distance voyages proven beyond doubt - not least by his own remarkable circumnavigation in 1966 - Sir Francis turned at once to the next great barrier facing the single-hander, the ''speed barrier'', setting himself the staggering target of sailing 4,000 miles between two fixed points on the earth''s surface in 20 days - an average of 200 miles a day whatever the wind, whatever the weather.

The Romantic Challenge tells of the planning, the calculations and the sheer hard work that in January 1971 led him and Gipsy Moth V to their ''starting line'' for a race which is the single-hander''s ''4-Minute Mile'' and Marathon, combined in one gruelling, non-stop, murderous ocean race.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
216
ISBN-13:
9781509834433
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1509834435
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 jun 2016
Størrelse i cm:
20,3 x 13,3 x 1,3
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
16 jun 2016
Forfatter(e):
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