Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing [Audiobook] download free by John Rousmaniere
- Listen audiobook: Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing
- Author: John Rousmaniere
- Release date: 2000/8/31
- Publisher: WW NORTON & CO
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9780393308655
- Rating: 7.49 of 10
- Votes: 691
- Review by: Sienna Simmons
- Review rating: 8.35 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/19
- Duration: 3H46M4S in 256 kbps (60.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, WAV, TTA, FLAC, WMA, AAC, MP3, Vorbis (compression TGZ, RAR, ALZ, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 304
- Includes a PDF summary of 32 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 24M47S (6.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 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.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Sports Books, True Story Books, Events & Organisations, Sailing
- Download servers: Dropbox, Mediafire, SecureSlice, Google Drive, Nubo, FreakShare. Compressed in TGZ, RAR, ALZ, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 19.78 USD
- Dimensions: 152x229x20mm
- Weight: 400g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: New York, United States
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