Full Circle [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

MacArthur, Ellen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718148630 ISBN 13: 9780718148638

Verlag: Michael Joseph, 2010

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In October 2009 Ellen MacArthur, one of the greatest sportswomen in the world, announced her retirement from competitive sailing. Many were in disbelief. How could the woman who had fought so hard to set so many records give up racing? But Ellen had found an even tougher challenge than sailing solo round the globe.

Now Ellen is ready to write about her incredible last ten years, including the trip which changed her life.

She speaks honestly about the trials of fame after coming second in the Vendee Globe in 2001; about her frustrations in missing the record for the West-East transatlantic crossing by just 75 minutes in 2004; the dramatic capsize and dismasting she experienced prior to her record attempt, and then the ultimate triumph of her spectacular, record-breaking, non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2004-5, sharing every painful and exciting moment of her 71 days alone at sea.

And of course she tells of the fateful trip to South Georgia in 2005 which caused her to decide to leave competitive sailing behind for ever and focus all her ambition and energy towards a new and much bigger race . . .

Ellen's searingly honest story is a story of triumph over incredible adversity and will inspire others to follow in this remarkable woman's wake.

. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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In that moment my heart knew why I wasn't going and as it was my heart which sent me out there in the first place I put my faith in believing it. Perhaps it's like loving someone so much but knowing that you simply can't live with them any more; I don't know, but as I stood there I knew that sailing was over for me. There was a much bigger race out there . . .

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• Verlag: Michael Joseph
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0718148630
• ISBN 13: 9780718148638
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416