All Aboard!: Around Britain with Help from My Friends - Couverture souple

Shiers, Rod

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1907206345 ISBN 13 : 9781907206344

Editeur : Lodestar Books, 2015

Synopsis

Having told so many friends and family of his plan, when retired, to sail around Great Britain, Rod Shiers was finally obliged to deliver in 2013, pressing into service many of the same people as the very assorted relay crew for his 32ft Westerly Fulmar. The prelude to the voyage was a dismasting in the Bristol Channel due to gear failure, but that served only to strengthen both vessel and skipper, and helped to ensure a trouble-free circumnavigation.Rod departed Portishead on the Severn Estuary in May and completed his challenge 80 days and 2,400 miles later. Joining him at various stages on his journey were a group of 20 people from the ages of 14 to 74-including a retired engine driver, a surveyor, a former police officer, a builder, a metallurgist and an electronics research engineer-and all occupations in between. Some were old sailing acquaintances, others had little or no sailing experience. Rod's adventures with this unlikely group of companions are brought to life in All Aboard!-an account which will inspire marina-lurkers everywhere to ply the alluring, and occasionally challenging, waters around Great Britain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lodestar Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907206345
• ISBN 13: 9781907206344
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible