{"product_id":"close-to-the-wind-9780786707416","title":"Close to the Wind","description":"On November 3, 1996, former Royal Marine Pete Goss embarked on the most grueling competition in his sailing career: the Vend e Globe, a nonstop, single-handed round-the-world yacht race. For the next seven weeks he met every challenge in his stormy path, from combating waves the height of six-story buildings to grappling with his spinnaker in high winds. Then everything began going wrong: His sails were destroyed, his navigation equipment proved useless. And on Christmas Day his radio picked up a Mayday that a French competitor was sinking 160 miles away. Turning into the hurricane-force winds, Goss set out to rescue a near-dead man on a life raft somewhere in the vast wilderness of the merciless southern ocean. How he did it makes this extraordinary tale as amazing as it is thrilling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786707416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2000 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pete Goss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642945237148,"sku":"9780786707416","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_818c9459-03c7-471e-9e25-18bcf960a112.jpg?v=1603855781","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/close-to-the-wind-9780786707416","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}