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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 348
Utgivningsdatum: 2018-05-17
Förlag: Seaworthy Publications Inc.
Illustrationer: 76 Illustrations
Dimensioner: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 23:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN: 9781948494045

Cape Horn Birthday

Name: Cape Horn Birthday
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Author: Peter Freeman
ISBN: 9781948494045

Record Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation

av Peter Freeman

Häftad, Engelska, 2018-05-17

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Cape Horn Birthday documents the extraordinary non-stop round-the-world journey of a lone sailor and his thirty-two-foot sloop. GPS did not exist when Peter Freeman set sail from Victoria, British Columbia, in 1984. Peter navigated the old-fashioned way, with a compass, a sextant, books of tables, and his wits. Along the way, he had to rebuild the self-steering rudder, repair torn sails, and fix broken gear.

Peter encountered a severe lightning storm, snow, and hailstorms as he sailed as close to the Antarctic ice as he dared. Near Île Kerguélen in the South Indian Ocean, Laivia almost rolled over in a violent storm. While the little sloop was inverted, Peter was under water, helplessly tied to the pushpit rails holding his breath as he waited for the sturdy little craft to right herself.

Along the New Zealand coastline, Peter joined in a race and took line honours for the Overseas Entry Class before crossing the Pacific back to Victoria, British Columbia. Upon arrival, Peter was greeted with the news that he had broken the existing world record.

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contents

dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

1 Preparations

2 Departure

3 Setbacks

4 Making for Land

5 Repairs

6 Second Departure

7 Through the Tropics

8 Enter the Southern Ocean

9 Approach to Cape Horn

10 Rounding Cape Horn

11 To the Falkland Islands

12 Port Stanley

13 Lonely Southern Ocean

14 Île Kerguélen Storm

15 Île Kerguélen

16 Île Kerguélen to Australia

17 Tasmanian Coast

18 Hobart

19 Tasman Sea

20 Laivin, a’s Homecoming

21 Race

22 Chase the Trades

23 Towards Northern Waters

24 California Dreaming

25 Nearing Santa Barbara

26 Santa Barbara

27 Last Leg

28 Familiar Waters

29 Home

30 Epilogue

APPENDICES

A World Record

B Calculations

C Repairs

D Self-Steering

E Planning

F Sails and Rigging

G Barometer Record

H Winds

Afterword

Index