Cape Horn
Cape Horn
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This is the story of Bernard and Françoise Moitessiers honeymoon voyage aboard Joshua, sailing from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back by way of Cape Horn, the "logical route," because it was the fastest. Setting out from Tahiti, they make their way through the Roaring Forties, iceberg territory, and the relentless gale-force winds of the higher latitudes. They owe their survival to careful preparation, superior seamanship, and their sens of harmony with Joshua and the sea.
Cape Horn is also the tale of how Joshua, Moitessiers dream boat, became a reality, and how he recovered from the disaster of losing his previous boat--which he himself had built--to pursue his great love: sailing the worlds oceans.
About the Author
About the Author
<p>Bernard Moitessier was one of the worlds great small-baot sailors. He wrote four other books, all classics of nautical literature. Sailing to the Reefs was Moitessiers first book. The Long Way covered the famous Golden Globe race that he abandoned to "save [his] soul." A Sea Vagabonds World is a practical book and Tamata and the Alliance, finished shortly before his death in 1994, is the magnificent autobiography of this uncommon man.</p><br>
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