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Pages: 352
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Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th AnniversaryIt lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had e
A World of My Own
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Robin Knox-Johnston
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-29 - Publisher: A&C Black

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On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her helm, Robin Knox-Johnston.
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Nicholas Tomalin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-03 - Publisher: Quercus

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In early 1968, desperate entrepreneur Donald Crowhurst was trying to sell a nautical navigation device he had developed when he saw that the Sunday Times would
Final Voyage
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Peter Nichols
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Putnam Adult

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In 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an Arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were lost, the damage would forever shape one of Ame
A Race Too Far
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Chris Eakin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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The true story of the tragic round-the-world yacht race - now the subject of The Mercy, starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz In 1968, the Sunday Times organise