Near Death on the High SeasNear Death on the High Seas
True Stories of Disaster and Survival
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Book, 2008
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Book, 2008
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"The wind was blowing at hurricane strength-sixty-five knots and over-and increasing in the gusts to eighty knots. His boat was surfing on waves as high as a sixty-foot, six-storey building. . .Each wave that struck choked and froze him, the icy water working its way down inside his survival suit." --from Close to the Wind by Pete Goss
In Near Death on the High Seas , Cecil Kuhne collects some of the most terrifying and astounding experiences of sailors confronting the awesome, raw power of the sea. These tales-filled with everyday heroes and survivors-comprise a riveting and often breathtaking collection of extraordinary stories that show the terrible ferocity of the untamable ocean.
Also featuring:
* Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki - the historic and celebrated journey of the Kon-Tiki as it journeys across the Pacific. * Steve Callahan's Adrift - a solo sailor loses his boat in the Atlantic must survive in a five-foot life raft for 76 days, fighting off sharks with a makeshift spear. * Francis Chischester's 'Gipsy Moth' Circles The World -the stirring story of a one man's solo sail around the globe at age 65. * John Rousmaniere's Fastnet, Force 10 -in one of the worst sailing tragedies in history, a massive rescue operation takes place amidst sixty-knot winds and forty-foot breaker waves.
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