BOOKS - HISTORY - Кругосветное плавание "Джипси Мот"
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Кругосветное плавание "Джипси Мот"
Author: Фрэнсис Чичестер
Year: 1969
Number of pages: 264
Format: FB2
File size: 1,5 MB
Language: RU
Year: 1969
Number of pages: 264
Format: FB2
File size: 1,5 MB
Language: RU
This book is a fascinating story by the brave English yachtsman Francis Chichester about how, in his declining years, he managed to fulfill the cherished dream of his youth - to follow the path of the famous captains of high-speed clippers of the 19th century. on an 18-meter sailing yacht of the KAT type and, having overcome many obstacles, especially at Cape Horn, sail around the world. The reader, together with Chichester, will go through storms, squalls and calm of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, experience the joy of struggle and victories of indestructible courage, ingenuity and the unshakable will of man over the spontaneous forces of nature.