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245 10 a| Total Lossh| [electronic resource]:b| Dramatic First-Hand Accounts of Yacht Losses at Sea;

250 a| 3rd ed.;

300 a| 1 p.c| 07.850 x 05.050 in.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| An enthralling collection of 45 dramatic stories of yachts lost at sea, Total Losshas been a consistent bestseller since first publication. This fascinating new edition carries exciting first-hand accounts, including the tragic sinking of the yacht Ouzo, run down or swamped by a P&O ferry in the English Channel, the loss of Hooligan V, the sinking of two boats in the Atlantic after rudder failure, and the rescue of Pete Goss and his crew from the giant catamaran Team Philips.Here are tales of collisions with UFOs (unidentified floating objects), fire, explosion, exhaustion and crew failure, navigational blunders, capsize, gear failure, dismastings and severe storms. The moving, emotionally charged descriptions of shipwrecked sailors abandoning their yachts at sea will have you on the edge of your seat. But these accounts are more than just gripping tales of disaster - they carry valuable lessons which the survivors have been able to pass on to all who go to sea for pleasure.Every year, hundreds of yachts are lost at sea. For those who wish to avoid a similar fate, or learn how best to cope with emergencies, this book is a compelling, thought-provoking bunkside read.;

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Total Loss Dramatic First-Hand Accounts of Yacht Losses at Sea

Author/creator	Gelder, Paul Author
Format	Electronic
Edition	3rd ed.
Publication Info	Adlard Coles Nautical [Imprint] London : A & C Black Basingstoke : Macmillan Distribution Limited [Distributor]
Description	1 p. 07.850 x 05.050 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subjects	Yachts And Yachting--History. Shipwrecks

Summary	Annotation An enthralling collection of 45 dramatic stories of yachts lost at sea, Total Losshas been a consistent bestseller since first publication. This fascinating new edition carries exciting first-hand accounts, including the tragic sinking of the yacht Ouzo, run down or swamped by a P&O ferry in the English Channel, the loss of Hooligan V, the sinking of two boats in the Atlantic after rudder failure, and the rescue of Pete Goss and his crew from the giant catamaran Team Philips.Here are tales of collisions with UFOs (unidentified floating objects), fire, explosion, exhaustion and crew failure, navigational blunders, capsize, gear failure, dismastings and severe storms. The moving, emotionally charged descriptions of shipwrecked sailors abandoning their yachts at sea will have you on the edge of your seat. But these accounts are more than just gripping tales of disaster - they carry valuable lessons which the survivors have been able to pass on to all who go to sea for pleasure.Every year, hundreds of yachts are lost at sea. For those who wish to avoid a similar fate, or learn how best to cope with emergencies, this book is a compelling, thought-provoking bunkside read.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780713687835
ISBN	0713687835 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9780713687835
Stock number	00015890

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