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Risk to Gain: the Dramatic Account of Team Ef's Whitbread Victory Told by Anna Drougge & Magnus Olsson
This is the story of the winning team in the 1997/98 Whitbread Race. A unique insight into Team EF’s two boats during their journey around the world. Stomach-churning storms, frustrating calms, broken gear and remarkable details of life onboard are all here – as well as shattered hopes and stunning victories.
Combined with the exceptional photography of Rick Tomlinson, this is probably the most vivid pictorial and written record of the world’s greatest ocean race ever produced. Independent Sports Book of the Week.
Combined with the exceptional photography of Rick Tomlinson, this is probably the most vivid pictorial and written record of the world’s greatest ocean race ever produced. Independent Sports Book of the Week.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published September 9, 1998
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Mark Chisnell
35 books61 followersMark Chisnell has written 16 books, they’ve been translated into five languages and topped sales and download charts in the USA, UK, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Mark writes suspense and mystery thrillers, technical books on the art and science of racing sailboats, along with non-fiction books and journalism on travel, sport and technology for some of the world's leading magazines and newspapers, including Esquire and the Guardian.
Mark began his writing with travel stories, while hitch-hiking around the world. He got a job sweeping up and making tea with the British America’s Cup team in Australia in 1987 to earn the money to get home. He worked his way onto the boat as navigator and has sailed and worked with six more America’s Cup teams since then. He’s also won three World Championships in sailing, and currently runs the Technical Innovation Group at Land Rover BAR, Sir Ben Ainslie’s British America’s Cup team.
Mark now lives by a river in the UK with his wife, two young sons and a dog – whenever he gets a couple of minutes peace he can usually be found reading a Jack Reacher novel, or the latest from Michael Lewis or Malcolm Gladwell.
Mark writes suspense and mystery thrillers, technical books on the art and science of racing sailboats, along with non-fiction books and journalism on travel, sport and technology for some of the world's leading magazines and newspapers, including Esquire and the Guardian.
Mark began his writing with travel stories, while hitch-hiking around the world. He got a job sweeping up and making tea with the British America’s Cup team in Australia in 1987 to earn the money to get home. He worked his way onto the boat as navigator and has sailed and worked with six more America’s Cup teams since then. He’s also won three World Championships in sailing, and currently runs the Technical Innovation Group at Land Rover BAR, Sir Ben Ainslie’s British America’s Cup team.
Mark now lives by a river in the UK with his wife, two young sons and a dog – whenever he gets a couple of minutes peace he can usually be found reading a Jack Reacher novel, or the latest from Michael Lewis or Malcolm Gladwell.
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March 13, 2015
I think this book is a very interesting one because imagine a big race an a little book in the ocean. This would be so exiting!!
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