12 - A Voyage for Madmen, by Peter Nichols, 289 pages, Harper Collins, 2001 oks, 2003
WHY I PICKED IT: Recommended by my friend Sean Donovan
ELAPSED TIME: 5 days
RATING: Very Good
Telling the tale of the race to be the first to circumnavigate the world in a sailboat... without putting to shore... alone! In 1968, 9 men tried, only one made it home. This is their story.
In some cases, their lack of experience to take on the task was shocking. In others, their boat choices (which Nichols explains without distracting from the adventure) was not only scary... but the advice from "experts" was clearly flawed and likely biased. In all cases, the decision to take to sea was one that they undertook with seeming lightness... and yet followed through with a resolve that was oftentimes disproportionate with that initial decision.
If you like Travel Adventure, you will love this book.
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