By Francis Stokes
250 pp. 16 b&w photos, line drawings. 1994. Hardcover. $23.95
ISBN 0 924486 67 8
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The MOONESHINE Logs is the wonderfully moving and insightful account of author Francis Stokes's modest beginnings in ocean racing and the triumphs that followed in his beloved MOONESHINE. He tells of his first transatlantic crossing in 1970, when he sailed CRAZY JANE from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, to Plymouth, England. Over the next 15 years, Stokes participated as a singlehander in many of the major ocean races of the time, from OSTAR 1976 to several Bermuda One-Two races and his first round-the-world BOC Challenge in 1982, where he executed the daring rescue of Tony Lush in the Southern Indian Ocean.
“…a wonderfully moving and insightful account…a high-quality narrative of sailing races…” —Midwest Book Review
“…a thoughtful chronicle about the ‘old days’ (13 years ago), weaving together log entries and memory to give the reader a taste of true solitude and self sufficiency.” —Sailing World