Dimensions
152 x 227 x 20mm
Adventures of a solo yachtsman.
The liquid mountains of the Southern Ocean have a power and a majesty that is awesome. If you pick your course right, you can surf these massive swells one after another for days at a time. It's exhilarating stuff.
Australian David Adams made history in May 1995 with a record-breaking win in Class 2 of the BOC Challenge, a 27,000-mile solo round-the-world yacht race.
'Chasing Liquid Mountains' followed David from the moment in 1982 when he first conceived the dream of competing in this race, to his thrilling win aboard "True Blue" thirteen years later. It's about setting a goal, and then overcoming enormous setbacks with exceptional determination to achieve that goal. In his own laconic and often humorous style David tells of: dramatic mid-ocean rescues and rendezvous when disaster strikes at sea; steering on deck for 48 hours with no sleep to stop his yacht cartwheeling down mountainous cliffs of water; the motivational techniques that helped him cope with only 30-minute grabs of sleep, technical emergencies, treacherous storms, icebergs and frustrating calms.
Not only is David's book for anyone with a love of the sea and sailing, it is also a book for anyone who has ever had a dream. An epic journey of the human spirit, 'Chasing Liquid Mountains' is an extraordinary story of adventure and courage.
