Round the World Non-Stop - Hardcover

Ridgway, John; Briggs, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0850597579 ISBN 13: 9780850597578

Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1899

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The authors describe how they set sail in a 57-foot ketch and traveled around the world in 203 days

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From Publishers Weekly:

He had sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic, rowed across with a companion and competed in the Whitbread Round-the-World Yacht Race. In the summer of 1983, John Ridgeway sought another challenge. With Briggs, the sailing instructor at his School of Adventure in Scotland, he would circle the globe without touching land; the target, to set a record for fastest passage. They departed from Ardmore, Scotland, on September 1, on the school's 57-foot ketch, English Rose VI. Each man kept a diary; the reader follows the day-by-day progress of the voyage. Briggs's running account of ship maintenance will be of special interest to long-distance sailors; for the older and more experienced Ridgeway, the journey was a period of self-examination. The pair endured physical and mental hardships, extremes of weatherfrustrating calms, violent storms, one near-capsize. In March 1984, English Rose VI and its crew returned to Ardmore after a record 203-day passage. For all sailors, and for landlubbers who enjoy adventure. Photos. January 10
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

YA Just the book for anyone interested in sailing and the sea, for this is the day-by-day account of two men's 203-day adventure sailing around the world. In the first two chapters, the men describe the preparations for their seven-month voyage. The story of the voyage is told alternately by John and by Andy. Appendixes list the damage to the ketch, the consumable stores used on the trip, and diagrams and technical specifications for the English Rose VI . Armchair travelers can experience vicariously the physical hardships and psychological problems, as well as thrill to the excitement of the changing life and force of the ocean and sky during this 28,000-mile journey which turned out to be the fastest nonstop sailing on record. Mary Wadsworth Sucher, Baltimore County Reading Services
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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