by Eric Tabarly · Editorial Noray, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474860221
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Los récords del Atlántico» is the chronicle of Eric Tabarly's races, published by Editorial Noray, S.A. in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
A journey through the boats that tried to cross the Atlantic in the shortest possible time, from the races that paved the way to the record achieved by Tabarly himself with his sailboat Paul Ricard. The author combines the chronicle of the crossings with the technical and human details of ocean racing.
Translation by Antonio García Armañac of the French original «Histoire d'un record», published in 1981. Belongs to the series Relatos de regatas y travesías.
For sailing enthusiasts, ocean navigation fans, and those interested in stories of sporting records.
Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French naval officer and yachtsman, a naval architect and boat designer too. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Ostar in 1964 and 1976, ending English domination in this specialty. Several of his wins broke long standing records. He owed his successes to his exceptional mastery of sailing and of each one of his boats, to both physical and mental stamina and, in some cases, to technological improvements built into his boats. Through his victories, Tabarly inspired an entire generation of ocean racers and contributed to the development of nautical activities in France.
