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Norman Dietz
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Peter Nichols
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In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death.
In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms in the Southern Ocean, and of those riveting moments when a split-second decision means the difference between life and death.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Annoyed with the lack of common sense
- De Sally en 04-06-20
De: Julie Bradley
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Half Fast
- (mis) Adventures in Slowly Sailing around (on) the World
- De: Randy Baker
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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Ever thought of ditching your conventional life to buy a sailboat and go traveling the world as a modern-day sea nomad? Half Fast is the true story of a married couple in their thirties who do just that—a move some of their family and friends consider to be a 'half-assed scheme' at best. With little money and even even less nautical experience they leave their small-town home in Arkansas to embark on an adventure they hope will last for a year or two but which evolves into a quarter-century voyage of discovery spanning half the world. Come along with Randy and Cheryl as they cruise their ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truthful entertaining memoirs.
- De Jurisa-San en 02-04-24
De: Randy Baker
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Sailing a Serious Ocean
- Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
- De: John Kretschmer
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens of storms in all the world's oceans, John Kretschmer has plenty of stories and advice to share. John's offshore training passages sell out a year in advance, and his entertaining presentations are popular at boat shows and yacht clubs all over the English-speaking world. John's talent for storytelling enchants his audience as it soaks up the lessons he learned during his often challenging voyages. Now you can take a seat next to John - at a lesser cost - and get the knowledge you need to fulfill your own dream of blue-water adventure.
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Fantastic book on ocean sailing
- De Aleksander Styrvold Kristoffersen en 05-09-19
De: John Kretschmer
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Maiden Voyage
- De: Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan
- Narrado por: Tania Aebi
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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Tania Aebi was an unambitious 18-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere - until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a 26-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she'd have to sail around the world - alone. She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, awful narration
- De Amazon Customer en 09-12-23
De: Tania Aebi, y otros
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The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told
- De: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 21 h y 52 m
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For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasons - for battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown, and for escape from the mundane. We have always had a primal relationship with the sea - even those who have never been to sea remain fascinated by the seafaring life and tales of salty adventure. Now in a brand–new series collection, The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together such diverse authors as Charles Dickens, Jack London, John Masefield, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, and dozens more.
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20hours of great fun....
- De John Glemby en 10-27-13
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Batavia's Graveyard
- The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
- De: Mike Dash
- Narrado por: Guy Bethell
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
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It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company's flagship, was loaded with a king's ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The Batavia was the pride of the company's fleet, a tangible symbol of the world's richest and most powerful commercial monopoly. She set sail with great fanfare, but the Batavia and her gold would never reach Java.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perhaps the best book ever
- De Ray928 en 03-12-19
De: Mike Dash
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The Next Port
- 40,000 Miles, 43 Countries, 87 Islands and Countless Adventures (Sailing Adventures, Book 1)
- De: Heyward Coleman
- Narrado por: Timothy G Little
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
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Come aboard with Heyward and Charlotte as they transform a worn-out hull into a first-class blue water cruiser. Then take off and cross oceans with them, feeling their desperation when equipment failures force ingenious workarounds in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Share the highs of navigating the crystal waters of French Polynesia and the lows of crossing pirate-infested waters in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. Travel ashore with them to places not covered in travel brochures, meet natives untouched by the modern world, and navigate the political waters of Guantanamo Bay.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The perfect balance
- De Christian en 02-24-23
De: Heyward Coleman
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The Last Crusade
- The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama
- De: Nigel Cliff
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
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Historian Nigel Cliff delivers a sweeping, radical reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama's pioneering voyages, revealing their significance as a decisive turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam. Perfect for fans of Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Galileo's Daughter, and Atlantic, this first-ever complete account of da Gama's voyages includes new information from the recently discovered diaries of his sailors and an extraordinary series of letters between da Gama and the Zamorin, a king of modern-day Kerala, India.
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Way too PC
- De Danvil en 02-08-21
De: Nigel Cliff
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The Light Ages
- The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
- De: Seb Falk
- Narrado por: Seb Falk
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
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An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk.
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Fascinating exploration of medieval science
- De Celia en 07-05-21
De: Seb Falk
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Leviathan
- The History of Whaling in America
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: James Boles
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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Here is the epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. This absorbing history demonstrates that few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. This sweeping social and economic history provides rich and often fantastic accounts of the men themselves, who mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, scrimshawed, and recorded their experiences in journals and memoirs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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NOT JUST BLUBBER
- De Jesse en 08-06-07
De: Eric Jay Dolin
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Brave or Stupid
- De: Tracey Christiansen, Yanne Larsson, Calle Andersson
- Narrado por: Duncan Hood
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
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When you read about someone sailing around the world, it’s usually a dotcom millionaire or a professional adventurer. Brave or Stupid? tells a very different story. It’s an everyman tale about a middle-aged, seasick electrician with no money who suddenly and for no reason decides to sail around the world. It’s the story of Yanne Larsson, a man with a dream born not out of a passion for sailing or a search for identity or the need for a challenge. This is the story of a simple handshake. One of the old-fashioned, ironclad ones.
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great story great narrator
- De Cata en 11-03-24
De: Tracey Christiansen, y otros
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Sailing to the Edge of Time
- The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
- De: John Kretschmer
- Narrado por: Matthew Kevin Anderson
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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John Kretschmer is sailing’s practical philosopher - as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life. Often amusing, sometimes poignant, occasionally terrifying but always inspiring, his deeply personal account is a welcome reminder of the good life waiting at sea. With hundreds of thousands of nautical miles under his keel, John’s adventures have taken him several times around the world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- De Worldoceans en 03-07-20
De: John Kretschmer
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The Great Polar Fraud
- Cook, Peary, and Byrd - How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole
- De: Anthony Galvin
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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The Great Polar Fraud explores the history of the three men who claimed the pole, their claims, and the subsequent doubts of those claims, effectively rewriting the history of polar exploration and putting Amundsen center stage as the rightful conqueror of both poles.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good read
- De rjay en 09-08-17
De: Anthony Galvin
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Sons of the Waves
- The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail
- De: Stephen Taylor
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
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British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen. Now, Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present these men in their own words. In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Navy Guy Recommends this Title
- De Lexcast en 06-17-20
De: Stephen Taylor
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The Invention of Nature
- Alexander von Humboldt's New World
- De: Andrea Wulf
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 14 h y 3 m
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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infested Siberia. He came up with a radical vision of nature, that it was a complex and interconnected global force and did not exist for man's use alone. Ironically, his ideas have become so accepted and widespread that he has been nearly forgotten.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Poignant origin story
- De Jeremy Fairbanks en 03-03-16
De: Andrea Wulf
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Hell on Ice
- The Saga of the Jeannette
- De: Edward Ellsberg
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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In the 1870s, newspaperman James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald drummed up excitement and publicity for his paper through highly publicized missions of exploration. In 1879, Bennett's idea for a voyage was his most audacious to date: the North Pole. To do this, he hired a team of naval veterans in addition to a smattering of civilians with specialized knowledge in meteorology, whaling, and naturalism. The men on board the Jeannette set off in September of 1879. This would be the last time anyone saw them for two years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story, and great way to approach the telling
- De Christopher en 08-22-14
De: Edward Ellsberg
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River of Darkness
- Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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In 1541, the brutal conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off from Quito in search of La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, "the golden man". Driving an enormous retinue of mercenaries, enslaved natives, horses, hunting dogs, and other animals across the Andes, they watched their proud expedition begin to disintegrate even before they descended into the nightmarish jungle, following the course of a powerful river.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- De Sammi en 02-17-18
De: Buddy Levy
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Alone Together
- Sailing Solo to Hawaii and Beyond
- De: Christian Williams
- Narrado por: Christian Williams
- Duración: 11 h
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What happens when a man of today's overconnected world sets off alone across the Pacific at the age of 71? Christian Williams, a veteran sailor and writer, planned a 6,000-mile voyage as a test of his own seamanship and endurance, and to fulfill a lifelong goal. But he found his focus quickly turning from the surrounding sea to all of us. Is anyone the same person when no one else is there? Do we dare to find out?
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5 out of 5 stars
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For Every Sailor and Those Dreaming of the Seas
- De Striker en 11-16-16
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Voyage for Madmen
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- Hawkeye70
- 06-18-19
Solid informative.
An amazing true story about athe first single hand sailing race around the world. A look into the kind of man that would put themselves on the ocean for 240 days without touching land.
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- Christian
- 05-29-23
An unusual perspective on the Golden Globe race
Having immersed myself in Bernard d Moitessier's 'The Long Way,' and explored the tale of Donald Crowhurst through his daughter's eyes, I found this unified account of the participants in that historic race really enjoyable and interesting. The author's decision to extend the narrative beyond the Golden Globe Race, delving into the subsequent lives of these sailors adds a lot to the race's story. I found the narration a bit slow to start with, but I ended up really appreciating the rhythm.
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- Patrick
- 09-22-18
great story
I just reread this book a second time while a recreation of the race is underway. it is September 2018 and the boats in the current Golden Globe race just suffered a knock down last night. To boats just fasted one person injured.
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- TvZ
- 04-19-20
Well done account of a snippet of time in sailing
It is about sailing, how exciting can anyone make it? All kidding aside, as a newcomer to sailing I found this historical account of primarily a handful of sailing's history fascinating as I may just end up sailing most passages solo.
The book covers a very interesting period of sailing history when macho, philosophical and truly mad men were literally racing across oceans and the around world on all kinds sailboats and budgets to achieve the final big ticket accomplishments in sailing.
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- Grace
- 05-09-21
Worth Your time
This story is very well written and chronicles in detail the arduous journey these men
undertook. You can almost imagine being there with them. Very engaging!
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- escapewheel
- 08-14-18
Wow
A story with a character for each facet of man's collective personality. The man we dream of being, the man we hope we aren't, and the men we more probably are.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-20-24
Thought-provoking, just wow.
This is an incredible, haunting, beautiful, inspiring, thought-provoking tale of 9 men. Simply incredible.
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- Jdmccarthy
- 07-30-18
Amazing!
What people will do when faced alone by their own demons and ghosts! Still presents as a mystery!
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- DanBudda
- 09-14-22
Change speed to x1.1 or x1.2
The narration is too slow for comfortable listening. Increase speed one or two notches and you’ll find the narrator acceptable. I found that x1.1 worked best for me, x1.2 was okay but just a bit too fast.
GREAT BOOK!!!
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- Jeremy Sanderson
- 02-14-18
Captivating
An incredibly gripping narrative superbly narrated. One of the best sailing books I have read or listened to. An inspiring tale of courage and endurance.
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