Close to the Wind: An Extraordinary Story of Triumph Over Adversity
by Pete Goss
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Pete Goss became a national and international hero when he rescued French yachtsman Raphael Dinelli as his boat sank beneath him in the round-the-world single-handed sailing race, the Vendee Globe, on Christmas Day 1996. In doing so Pete scuppered his own chances in the race but was awarded the Legion d'Honneur by France's president and made a friend for life in Dinelli. Close to the Wind is his own story of the race and its dramas, his revolutionary boat, Aqua Quorum, his thoughts and show more emotions during four months of solitude at sea, the extraordinary surgery that he had to perform on his own elbow and the aftermath of the rescue in the Southern Ocean. show lessTags
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This was a very well-written book as Pete Goss takes the reader into his life and onto the Aqua Quorum as it battles the wind and water while various parts break down. I had read about Goss's rescue of French sailor Dinelli in Derek Lundy's book Godforsaken Sea but it was good to hear about it from Goss's point of view.
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Pete Goss was born in 1961 and as a child traveled around the world with his parents. He served in the Royal Marines for nine years prior to competing in the Vendee Globe Challenge. Not only did Goss receive the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest award for gallantry, but he was also awarded the Medal of the British Empire by the Queen and was show more named Yachtsman of the Year. He lives in Cornwall with his family. show less
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Sports and Leisure, Travel
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- 796 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Sports
- LCC
- GV812.5 .G68 .A3 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports Water sports: Canoeing, sailing, yachting, scuba
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