{"product_id":"cape-horn-the-logical-route-14-216-miles-without-port-of-call-paperback","title":"Cape Horn: The Logical Route: 14,216 Miles Without Port of Call - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernard Moitessier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eInge Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Bernard and Françoise Moitessier's honeymoon voyage aboard\u003ci\u003e Joshua\u003c\/i\u003e, sailing from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back by way of Cape Horn, the \"logical route,\" because it was the fastest. Setting out from Tahiti, they make their way through the Roaring Forties, iceberg territory, and the relentless gale-force winds of the higher latitudes. They owe their survival to careful preparation, superior seamanship, and their sens of harmony with \u003ci\u003eJoshua\u003c\/i\u003e and the sea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCape Horn\u003c\/i\u003e is also the tale of how \u003ci\u003eJoshua\u003c\/i\u003e, Moitessier's dream boat, became a reality, and how he recovered from the disaster of losing his previous boat--which he himself had built--to pursue his great love: sailing the world's oceans. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard Moitessier\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the world's great small-baot sailors. He wrote four other books, all classics of nautical literature. \u003ci\u003eSailing to the Reefs\u003c\/i\u003e was Moitessier's first book. \u003ci\u003eThe Long Way\u003c\/i\u003e covered the famous Golden Globe race that he abandoned to \"save [his] soul.\" A \u003ci\u003eSea Vagabond's World \u003c\/i\u003eis a practical book and \u003ci\u003e Tamata and the Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e, finished shortly before his death in 1994, is the magnificent autobiography of this uncommon man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 251\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.34 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424685416492,"sku":"9781574091540","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/HWP5BjuUgq9781574091540.webp?v=1781486383","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/cape-horn-the-logical-route-14-216-miles-without-port-of-call-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}