Before the Wind: True Stories About Sailing

Synopsis of Before the Wind: True Stories About Sailing

«Before the Wind: True Stories About Sailing» is David Gowdey's anthology of stories, published in paperback (288 pages).

Anthology of twenty-five sailing stories by celebrated authors and sailors such as Joshua Slocum, Richard Henry Dana, Ted Turner, Clare Francis, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London. Includes profiles of Dennis Conner, Thomas Lipton, Jacques Cousteau and Ernest Shackleton, and covers circumnavigations, life on board and regattas.

First edition published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press on 22 February 1994; text in English.

For sailing enthusiasts and fans of true adventure stories at sea.