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Title: Godforsaken Sea : The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters by Derek Lundy ISBN: 0-385-72000-9 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (56 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great vicarious thrill....
Comment: This is a great vicarious thrill. 16 racers (14 men and 2 women) traverse the world's most dangerous waters for the fame and fortune of winning the Vendee Globe around the world race. Battling constant hurricane conditions, 60-70 foot seas, and the everpresent threat of icebergs; these men and women risk their very lives. Unlike most of the other famous sailing events, this is a single person competition, one person against the elements, guiding their small crafts through what truly are 'godforsaken seas.' Derek Lundy does a great job describing the action, but he deserves far less credit than the bigger-than-life sailors who competed in the Vendee Globe. The only drawback to the book is Lundy's heavy reliance on sailing jargon, but he does a credible job explaining the technical aspects...this makes the book a bit slow at times, but this seems a necessary evil. Overall, a great book, even if you know little about sailing. I can't wait to track the Millenium Vendee Globe.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautifully written
Comment: This is the best book I have read about long-distance solo racing. It's the first book on the Vendee Globe in English, and it's incredibly well-done. Lundy does a great job of moving the book along with the race, while addressing some of the larger, equally interesting issues about this sort of sailing: what drives these men and women to risk life and limb, what is the role of the sea in the collective human experience. Its structure is sophisticated, and not for the reader he needs to be held by the hand and spoon fed. The introduction of Gerry Roufs at the beginning, with his fate unresolved, was a masterful touch -- it leaves a pall of dread over the book that kept me reading, mesmerized. Lundy never talks down to the reader or over-simplifies; one of the most audacious and courageous points he makes is that this sort of racing, while mind-bogglingly exciting at times, can also be mind-numbingly boring for long stretches. Readers who can't acknowledge this and who need to be constantly dazzled by fireworks and disasters, are advised to go see Star Wars. This is a classic.
Rating: 5
Summary: A sailing book readers
Comment: I read many, many books on sailing. Don't bother to read many others. Only Derek Lundy's book and Moitissier's own book 'The Long Way' are truly above the rest. This book got me also got interested in other aspects of the outdoors and mans place in nature.
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Title: Close to the Wind by Pete Goss, Peter Goss ISBN: 0786707410 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Voyage For Madmen by Peter Nichols ISBN: 0060197641 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 22 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Proving Ground, The by Bruce G. Knecht ISBN: 0446611859 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing, New Edition by John Rousmaniere ISBN: 0393308650 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race by Rob Mundle ISBN: 0071361405 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 17 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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