MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Woman of steel /

Cherry, Vivien,

Woman of steel / Vivien Cherry ; with Keith Wheatley. - ix, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Pre-race: January 1989-September 1992. Meet the challenge -- Steel hulls and iron skippers -- Building a team -- Leg one: September 1992-November 1992. First at the Needles -- The Atlantic Wind Hole -- Rio in sight -- Leg two: December 1992-January 1993. The iceberg watch -- Euphoria at the Horn -- Trials of the Southern Ocean -- Boat and knee surgery in Hobart -- Leg three: February 1993-March 1993 -- Fanfare out of Hobart -- Southern Ocean storms -- Leg four: April 1993-May 1993. The final push -- Return to the North Atlantic -- The end of the dream.

0713637951 (hardback)


Yacht racing.

797.14

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