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Title: Close to the Wind Condition: New Subtitle: An Extraordinary Story of Triumph Over Adversity Author: Pete Goss Format: Paperback Type: Paperback ISBN-10: 0747259380 EAN: 9780747259381 ISBN: 9780747259381 Publisher: Headline Book Publishing Genre: Sports & Hobbies Topic: Biography Release Date: 03/06/1999 Description: Pete Goss became a national and international hero when he rescued French yachtsman Raphael Dinelli as his boat sank beneath him in the round-the-world single-handed sailing race, the Vendee Globe, on Christmas Day 1996. In doing so Pete scuppered his own chances in the race but was awarded the Legion d'Honneur by France's president and made a friend for life in Dinelli. Close to the Wind is his own story of the race and its dramas, his revolutionary boat, Aqua Quorum, his thoughts and emotions during four months of solitude at sea, the extraordinary surgery that he had to perform on his own elbow and the aftermath of the rescue in the Southern Ocean. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 178mm Item Length: 110mm Item Width: 24mm Item Weight: 217g Release Year: 1999 Missing Information?
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