Cape Horn Réanne Hemingway-Douglass
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: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare Paperback – January 1, 2003A gripping account of one woman's courage, a couple's turbulent relationship, survival and endurance in the stormy seas off Patagonia. The author's sailboat was pitch poled 800 miles WNW of Cape Horn. Only courage and endurance save them.
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In "CapeHorn: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare," Réanne Hemingway-Douglass vividly recreates a sailing voyage in which she and her husband Don set out to round Cape Horn. As the reader discovers, they never quite gotthere. Meanwhile, Hemingway-Douglass shares the heady magic of starlitnights and breathtaking dawns, grueling and toilsome days, emotionsranging from joy to absolute terror, and a determination not to give uphope when all seems lost.
Situated on the southernmost tip ofSouth America, Cape Horn is surrounded by some of the most treacherouswaters on the planet due to its gigantic waves, lurking icebergs, strong currents, and high winds. The Panama Canal was built at huge expenseas a way to avoid Cape Horn. To this day, the Horn is a dangerouschallenge for even the most experienced yachtsmen. The author'shusband, Don, had dreamed all his life of rounding the Horn. RéanneHemingway-Douglass knew this when she married him, and dutifully agreedto accompany him as crew.
Five hundred miles northwest of CapeHorn, the Douglass's 42 foot sailboat, "Le Dauphin Amical," waspitchpoled by a monster rogue wave.
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Pris: 200.00 kr
ISBN: 978-0938665830
