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Woman of steel / Vivien Cherry ; with Keith Wheatley.

By: Cherry, Vivien [author.].
Contributor(s): Wheatley, Keith [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 1993Copyright date: ©1993Description: ix, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0713637951 (hardback).Subject(s): Yacht racingDDC classification: 797.14
Contents:
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Dr. Raymond Fielding Collection
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 797.14 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00180008
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is the compelling story of Vivien Cherry, the only female skipper in the British Steel Challenge. The book details the nine months around the globe voyage with an amateur crew battling the elements.

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.

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