Very Willing Griffin : the story of the smallest boat every to compete in the Singlehanded Transatlantic Race / David Blagden.
By: Blagden, David [author.]
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 797.140924 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00180404 |
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Includes index.
Part I:Preparation -- Just doodling -- Birth of Willing Griffin -- Launching, trials and tribulations -- Doing battle -- Accelerate to the finish -- Part II:Qualification -- Testing man and boat -- Facing the committee -- A knot in my throat -- Part III:Race -- The smallest boat in the race (Day 1) -- Getting to grips (Days 2-5) -- Listen to the boat (Days 6-8) -- Nice ugly gales (Days 9-13) -- The Azores perforce (Days 14-18) -- Good to be at sea (Days 18-23) -- Pollution and a visitor (Days 24-5) -- Champagne and diamonds (Days 26-9) -- A nightmare begins (Days 30-2) -- And on ... and on.... (Days 33-5) -- Rock bottom (Days 36-8) -- The tape (Day 39) -- A new start (Days 40-2) -- Monster (Days 43-5) -- Griffin leaping (Days 46-9) -- Finishing time (Days 50-2)