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Another great book about the same topic (sailing around the world), albeit written in a slightly different time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Arou

Another great book about the same topic (sailing around the world), albeit written in a slightly different time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World

krakensden 14y ago
And a third, with a slightly different ending, that may serve as a signpost to geeks with a predilection to romanticize working alone: The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Last-Voyage-Donald-Crowhurst/dp/0071414290 http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Last-Voyage-Donald-Crowhurst/d...)
- tdonia 14y ago
  Same race, better outcome: http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Long_Way.html?id=rgKRmmMpJ8kC http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Long_Way.html?id=rgK...
slackerIII 14y ago
Wow, thanks for pointing out that connection. I enjoyed reading that book years ago -- I recommend it for anyone with any interest in sailing.
lutusp 14y ago
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World Yes, the Joshua Slocum book, a classic well worth reading. My book isn't in the same league, but it's developed a loyal following over the years -- it's online and free: http://arachnoid.com/sailbook http://arachnoid.com/sailbook My all-time favorite sailing book quote, from a book titled "Never Again", about a sail in the terrifying "South 40s" near Antarctica: "After the mast blew off, the boat become much more stable." :)
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  I read your book online years ago, and it hasn't left my head yet. The seeds of an eventual goal have been planted!
- o1iver 14y ago
  Hey, what book is that quote from? I can't really find anything using "never again". Thanks!
  - lutusp 14y ago
    Okay, I just did some research on this, and I must have misremembered the title. The closest I can come to where I believe I got this quote is: "Cape Horn: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare" http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Horn-Dream-Womans-Nightmare/dp/0938665839 http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Horn-Dream-Womans-Nightmare/dp/09... But I have to say, I've been telling that story for 25 years now, and honestly, I can't be sure the above is the title that contains the quote.

krakensden 14y ago

And a third, with a slightly different ending, that may serve as a signpost to geeks with a predilection to romanticize working alone: The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Last-Voyage-Donald-Crowhurst/dp/0071414290 http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Last-Voyage-Donald-Crowhurst/d...)

tdonia 14y ago
Same race, better outcome: http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Long_Way.html?id=rgKRmmMpJ8kC http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Long_Way.html?id=rgK...

slackerIII 14y ago

Wow, thanks for pointing out that connection. I enjoyed reading that book years ago -- I recommend it for anyone with any interest in sailing.

lutusp 14y ago

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World Yes, the Joshua Slocum book, a classic well worth reading. My book isn't in the same league, but it's developed a loyal following over the years -- it's online and free: http://arachnoid.com/sailbook http://arachnoid.com/sailbook My all-time favorite sailing book quote, from a book titled "Never Again", about a sail in the terrifying "South 40s" near Antarctica: "After the mast blew off, the boat become much more stable." :)

waterlesscloud 14y ago
I read your book online years ago, and it hasn't left my head yet. The seeds of an eventual goal have been planted!
o1iver 14y ago
Hey, what book is that quote from? I can't really find anything using "never again". Thanks!
- lutusp 14y ago
  Okay, I just did some research on this, and I must have misremembered the title. The closest I can come to where I believe I got this quote is: "Cape Horn: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare" http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Horn-Dream-Womans-Nightmare/dp/0938665839 http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Horn-Dream-Womans-Nightmare/dp/09... But I have to say, I've been telling that story for 25 years now, and honestly, I can't be sure the above is the title that contains the quote.