There is 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 have declared insuperable. As a pilot, as a yachtsman, as a navigator, even as a man who broke the grip of cancer, Sir Francis has always been a pioneer. Where he has led, others have followed: but when he has triumphed, he has at once sought a new and greater challenge. This is a book about such a challenge. With the ...
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There is 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 have declared insuperable. As a pilot, as a yachtsman, as a navigator, even as a man who broke the grip of cancer, Sir Francis has always been a pioneer. Where he has led, others have followed: but when he has triumphed, he has 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. In this book he 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. This for a man--a unique, incredible man--in his seventieth year, was the romantic challenge.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket is covered with protective mylar, shows significant edge wear, small tears, fraying at corners, damp staining. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly foxed. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 0304938696. First American edition, from Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. Binding solid. Pages unmarked and only slightly aged. Blue cloth cover has minor wear to edges, but otherwise okay. Dustjacket has a few tears and creases.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 194 pages.
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Photos; Maps; Boat Pland; Photographic End Papers. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 1st American printing; dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; illustrated end papers; 255 clean, unmarked pages.
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VG+ in VG jacket. VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (a few leaf edge spots) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed, slight fraying to extremities, some delamination along hinges); pp. xii (last blank), 194, with illustrations, maps & diagrams. A very good copy.
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1972, New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. 1972
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New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. 1972
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1972
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English
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Very Good+ in Very Good(-) jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good(-). 1st American Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Book has 255 pages illustrated with photographs, maps, boat plans and photographic endpapers. Book is clean and tight except for a few tiny dirt specks on side edge of pages. DJ is loose and chipped/worn along the edge. At age sixty-five Sir Francis made his historic circumnavigation of the globe and chronicled his magnificant venture in Gipsy Moth Circles the World. In this book, at age sixty-nine, he goes after the speed barrier as he attempts to sail 4, 000 miles between two fixed points on the earth's surface in twenty days, an average of 200 miles per day whatever the wind, whatever the weather.
