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Title: Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing, New Edition by John Rousmaniere ISBN: 0-393-30865-0 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It's Just So Exciting...
Comment: Rousmaniere has done a great job on this book. He combines story and technical data quite well. He obviously did a lot of research, and it's reflected in the book. If you're a Sunday sailor - or a want to be ocean racer - this book is a must!
Rating: 2
Summary: For experienced sailors
Comment: I think this book would be much more appreciated by experienced sailors. As an armchair enthusiast with only a small amount of sailing knowledge I was quickly bogged down with all of the technical jargon. I never got that feeling of being "there" and identifying with the people and the crises that I had hoped for.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a truly great book.
Comment: This is my favorite non-fiction book, and a worthy gift for any serious sailor.
I just finished my third reading of FF10 and as with the first two, couldn't put it down throughout. In my first reading, the story of this tragedy captured me. The second time I focused on the technical aspects and the weather discussions, and the rescues - a sailor's study. This last time I grappled with Rousemaniere's questions concerning decision making and preparedness by sailors and crew.
In light of the recent (2000) film, A Perfect Storm, I wonder whether it would be at all possible to make this story into a movie, and how difficult such a task would be. Those not familiar with the 1979 Fastnet Race would think Hollywood had gone too far in its imagination...truth in this case is stranger than fiction.
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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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Title: Godforsaken Sea : The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters by Derek Lundy ISBN: 0385720009 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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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: 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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