Ebook {Epub PDF} A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols

"A Voyage for Madmen" recounts the story of the 9 sailors (9 brave men) who set out to circummnavigate the world non-stop, without assistance other than radio and the ocassional face to face encounter, on /5(). Peter Nichols is the author of the novel, "The Rocks," the international bestsellers "A Voyage for Madmen" and "Evolution's Captain," and three other books of fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. He spent ten years at sea working as a professional captain and has taught creative writing at Georgetown University. NYU in Paris, Bowdoin bltadwin.rus: bltadwin.ru: A Voyage For Madmen () by Nichols, Peter and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.

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Peter Nichols has put together a great little book on the Golden Globe race to be the first man to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping in any ports along the way. "A Voyage for Madmen" gives a great overview of the race and varying personalities involved -- from professional maritime men to vagabond sailors to one contestant who didn't even learn to sail until he was on his way. "A Voyage for Madmen" recounts the story of the 9 sailors (9 brave men) who set out to circummnavigate the world non-stop, without assistance other than radio and the ocassional face to face encounter, on the Sunday Times' sponsored Golden globe race of Peter Nichols's "A Voyage for Madmen" is one of the better ones. Given that solo sailing circumnavigations are a yearly ritual today, we tend to forget that as recently as a generation ago it was practically unheard of.