Into the Wind, Around Alone: The story of the world's longest race - Hardcover

Bartelme, Tony; Hicks, Brian

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9780934870948: Into the Wind, Around Alone: The story of the world's longest race

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ISBN 10: 0934870942 ISBN 13: 9780934870948

Publisher: Evening Post Books, 1999

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Last summer, 16 skippers set off from Charleston on a 27,000-mile ocean odysey around the world. Each one alone in a boat powered only by the wind.

Battling time, frigid cold, isolation and waves as tall as buildings, they've raced from South Carolina to South Africa, New Zealand and South America, experiencing adventures they never expected. A former Russian commando was forced to perform surgery on himself while his yacht crashed through the Atlantic. A world-famous female skipper found herself upside down in her boat in the frigid waters off Antarctica, while a wiry Italian braved furious seas to come to her rescue.

This month, a few of the original 16 will sail the final leg back to Charleston. One will be the victor. But all are heroes.

An award-winning team of Post and Courier writers and photographers has tracked these daring solo sailors, recording the triumphs and terrors of their trek in hundreds of interviews and vivid color photographs. This action-packed coverage has been compiled into a collectible, hardcover book titled Into the Wind.

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About the Author:

Tony Bartelme is a senior writer with The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, where he reports on a wide range of complex community topics. In 1994, he covered the BOC around the world race and is lead writer covering this year's Around Alone race. He is a former South Carolina State Press Association Journalist of the Year.

Brian Hicks is a general assignment reporter for The Post and Courier who has been involved in a number of previous special projects. He is the 1998 South Carolina Press Association Journalist of the Year.

Review:

"In Into the Wind, journalists Tony Bartelme and Brian Hicks produce a remarkable behind-the-scenes account of the fifth running of this offshore classic. The next best thing to being there!" -- Herb McCormick, executive editor of Cruising World magazine

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