The Long Way
By Bernard Moitessier
256 pp. 40 line drawings, 8 maps. 1995. Paperback. $16.50
ISBN 0 924486 84 8
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The Long Way recounts the incredible story of Bernard Moitessier's participation in the first Golden Globe Race – a solo, non-stop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn. For seven months, the veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, gear failures, and knock-downs, as well as overwhelming fatigue and loneliness. Then, nearing the finish with victory in hand, Moitessier suddenly pulled out of the race and sailed on. His 37,455-mile journey continued for another three months, finally ending in Tahiti. Never once in all that time had he touched land.
“…[a] thoughtful look at offshore sailing, the men who do it, and the civilization they leave behind.” —Yachting
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About the Author:
Bernard Moitessier became a legend in his own time as one of the greatest ocean voyagers. A gifted writer, he was born in 1925 in Indochina and gained much of his sailing knowledge from the fishermen of the Gulf of Siam.
Also by Bernard Moitessier:
- Sailing to the Reefs
- Cape Horn
The Logical Route
- Tamata and the Alliance
- A Sea Vagabond's World