Book description
By the same author as the bestselling Total Loss, this is a new
collection of terrifying and compelling accounts of yachts lost at sea.
The seven deadly causes of loss continue to take their toll, and Paul
Gelder has compiled first-hand accounts of shipwreck and sinking caused
by Collision, Gear Failure, Stress of Weather, Faulty Navigation, Fire,
Crew Failure and Exhaustion. The moving, emotionally charged
descriptions of shipwrecked sailors abandoning their yachts at sea will
have you on the edge of your seat. But these accounts are more than just
gripping tales of disaster - they carry valuable lessons which the
survivors have been able to pass on to all who go to sea for pleasure.
Praise for Total Loss: 'The tales provide gripping if sometimes
unsettling reading and many valuable lessons.' - Cruising World 'Sure,
you can learn from your own mistakes, but wouldn't you rather learn from
theirs?' - Sailing Paul Gelder is editor of Yachting Monthly magazine,
and is the author of several books, including The Loneliest Race, and
has edited others, such as the bestselling Total Loss. He has sailed a
wide variety of yachts, from ocean racers to family cruising yachts to
the famous Gypsy Moth IV; he currently sails a Telstar trimaran.
