Book description
In June 1962 Francis Chichester set out from Plymouth once again to
cross the Atlantic single-handed in his 13-ton yacht, Gipsy Moth III, in
an attempt to beat the 40-day record he set up himself in 1960. He
succeeded, and knocked nearly a week off his previous time. Chichester
also made history on his voyage by keeping in daily contact with Britain
by means of a small battery-operated radio-telephone which enabled The
Guardian, the sponsors of the voyage, to publish daily extracts from his
log. Edited by The Guardian's Yachting Editor, J. R. L. Anderson, this
book, Chichester's own day-by-day narrative of that adventurous journey,
threatened by gales, icebergs and fog, is the drama of one man fighting
his way alone across the North Atlantic. It is one of the great stories
of the sea. 'a magnificent achievement' Guardian 'hard to put down'
Times Literary Supplement 'good-natured, informal and totally
unpretentious book' Observer
