Author: John RousmanierePublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393308650
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"The deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing"--Cover.
Author: Nick WardLeft for Dead
Author: Howard JencksPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469190958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
While investigating the murder of a suspected serial killer in the Lake Tahoe basin, Detective Michael Garrett is lead back to the small desert border town he once called home, where he uncovers a violent drug cartel that has begun expansion into the United States, and discovers the frightening reality that he has now placed not only himself, but his family and others in harms way. Driven by tourism, the last thing the city of Stateline, Nevada wanted to do was announce the presence of a serial killer. Driven by the laws of nature, the last thing Rosa Jimenez wanted was to become his next victim. Called to assist with a gruesome fi nding, Detective Garrett fi nds himself entrenched in an investigation he cant walk away from. Recognizing Rosa from his past, he was resolute that justice be served. As the investigation leads Garrett south, he seeks the assistance of an old friend and current Vice-Detective with the LAPD, David Ross. When Ross is unable to open doors in the Los Angeles area, Garrett realizes his next stop is his hometown on the Mexican border where he stumbles on a link to Los Zetas, a Drug Cartel that has formed an alliance with the Mexican Mafi a. Used to operating with impunity in Mexico, the cartel targets Garrett and his family as his investigation begins to threaten their business. In a daring attempt to make things right, the detectives cross the border to confront the man directing the cartel henchmen.
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (New Edition)
Author: John RousmanierePublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340325
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2,500 men and women were smashed by forty-foot breaking waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them. By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned ship, five yachts had sunk, 136 sailors had been rescued, and only 85 boats had finished the race. John Rousmaniere was there, and he tells the tragic story of the greatest disaster in the history of yachting as only one who has sailed through the teeth of a killer storm can. With a new introduction by the author.
After the Storm
Author: John RousmanierePublisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071377959
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
An exploration of loss and survival by one of America's finest nautical writers After the Storm is John Rousmaniere's most ambitious work ever, the unique expression of a master storyteller and authority on seamanship who has survived storms at sea. Each of the book's stories of seafaring disastermany little known, all exciting and of deep human interestpresents a broad human drama. Rousmaniere tells of the hopes and choices that put these sailors in harm's way. He takes readers into the gales themselves with authoritative knowledge of horrific weather and the split-second decisions that seamen must make. Finally, he explores the consequences of these disasters for survivors, rescuers, families, communities, and in some cases nations. The pursuit of these elusive strands leads the reader deep into our ambivalent relationship with the sea as both "destroyer and preserver."
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Author: John RousmanierePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451650191
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Completely revised and updated to address changes in technology and safety standards, this new edition is the definitive guide to the art and science of sailing. Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship has set the standard by which other books on sailing are measured.
Rescue in the Pacific: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm
Author: Tony FarringtonPublisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071398909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In June of 1994 a dangerous "bomb" storm caught dozens of cruising sailors by surprise as they voyaged north from New Zealand. This is the true story of how nine yachts struggled to survive the hurricane-like conditions. Boats were battered by fierce winds and capsized by seas towering well over 50 feet high. Equipment was ripped loose, and water penetrated every weak point. Masts collapsed, rudders broke, and sailors lost steering control when they needed it most. The crews coped as best they could with injury, fear, exhaustion, and illness. Their electronic calls for help were picked up by satellites and radio operators, who initiated a massive air and sea search. This is the story of heroic rescues, human endurance, and tragic loss.
Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts
Author: Cruising Club of America. Technical CommitteePublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393033113
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Surveys trends in yacht design, discusses safety, modern construction techniques, spars, rigging, sails, and auxiliary equipment, and describes five good boats.
Godforsaken Sea
Author: Derek LundyPublisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307369897
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
In the tradition of Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm, an intensely gripping account of the round-the-world single-handed yacht race that claimed the life of Canadian sailor Gerry Roufs in a make-or-break dash through 12,000 miles of terror in the Southern Ocean.
A Berth to Bermuda
Author: John RousmanierePublisher: Maritime
ISBN: 9780939511174
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this lavish, heavily illustrated book, yachting historian (and Bermuda Racer) John Rousmaniere tells the story of the remarkable sailors, the great boats, the tactics, the Gulf Stream ordeal, and the lure of Bermuda that make this the world's classic ocean race.
