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Before the Wind: True Stories about Sailing

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ISBN-10: 0070237565

ISBN-13: 9780070237568

Edition: 1994

Authors: David Gowdey

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List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 2/22/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

David Gowdey, a native of London, Ontario, now lives in San Rafael, California, with his wife and two children. His first collection, Riding on the Roar of the Crowd, was hailed as "an absolute feast" by hockey fans, critics, and sportswriters.

Introduction
Casting Off Ann Davison: Working on a Dream
Naming a Sloop
Slocum Sets Sail for the Azores
Steerage Scenes
The Psychological Situation at Sea
Rounding the Cape
Song of the Sirens
My Boat
Mutiny on La Boat
Girl Stella's Going
Bluenose
Lipton's Last Challenge
The Yachts
The Racing Edge
Preparing to Win
A Sea Dog Primes His Guns
A Beauty's Second Launching
Cousteau, the Poet
How to Prepare for an Ocean Voyage
Woman Alone
Endurance
The High Seat of Abundance
Ancient Navigators of the South Seas
Suicide Tack