Author: NOVAK, SKIP
Title: One Watch at a Time - Around the World with Drum on the Whitbread Race
Description: Newton Abbot, David and Charles. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715389947). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: De Etheridge. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket. The American sailor's account of the 8 month and 27, 000 mile race, the story of the crew and the co-owner, Duran Duran Rock Star Simon Le Bon. On the first leg the hull began to come apart and the race became a matter of survival, on the third leg, the crew surfed down monstrous seas on their way to Cape Horn, nearly losing a man, then a final run with high drama in the calm of the Azores before the gale driven finish. Map endpapers and profusely illustrated with colour photographs and sketches by De Etheridge. A1E. Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Sailing, Whitbread Race 0715389947 de Etheridge


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