The story of yachtsman Bernard Moitessier, who inexplicably pulled out of the "Golden Globe" race, having battled storms, gear failure, knockdowns and overwhelming fatigue and loneliness. He sailed on to Tahiti, where he subsequently became a mystic.

Long Way

Bernard Moitessier

Adlard Coles

The Long Way

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

DOUBLEDAY

Travel

Adlard Coles Nautical

The author of "The Long Way", conveys in this book all the know-how he acquired: on the water, in meeting with other sailors, during long passages and his many years in various islands. The first part of the book details how to prepare for an extensive cruise; the type of boat, rigging and anchors. The second part covers passage making: the weather, navigation, watchkeeping, heavy weather and his own tips. In the third part Moitessier takes us to the various islands he visited.

A Sea Vagabond's World

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

Gardners Books

Sailing to the Reefs

Sheridan House

This is the story of Bernard and Francoise Moitessier's honeymoon voyage from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back by way of Cape Horn. Setting out from Tahiti, they took the logical route" because it was the fastest, taking them through the Roaring Forties, through the high latitudes of never ceasing gale-force winds and through iceberg territory. Their survival was due to careful preparation, great seamanship and their sense of harmony with their boat, "Joshua", and the sea."

Cape Horn : The Logical Route

This fascinating memoir spans the time from Moitessier's magical childhood in Vietnam to months before his death, is a beautifully written saga of physical adventure and spiritual growth.Born in the French Indochina in 1925, Bernard Moitessier grew up astride two cultures--French and Vietnamese--in a turbulent era that moved dramatically from peace to war. Imprisoned during the Japanese occupation, he was later drafted to fight the Viet Minh in a French war that foreshadowed America's own Vietnam involvement two decades later.Tamata tells how the 25-year-old Moitessier left Vietnam to answer the call of the sea. He led the life of a sea-gypsy, wandering the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic, and the Caribbean, learning the ways of boats and the sea and surviving two catastrophic shipwrecks. His greatest sailing adventures followed, the Tahiti-Alicante passage and his ten month round-the-world solo voyage in 1969 when he withdrew from the Golden Globe Race and sailed on to Tahiti.Moitessier then spent three years on a remote atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Called "Tamata" ("try it!") by his Tuamotu friends, he built a Polynesian-style house, planted coconut trees, and gradually transformed the sun-blasted coral into a speck of green in the middle of the South Pacific.After living in the United States, he spent the last years of his life in France. He is buried in a small fishing village in Brittany.

Tamata and the Alliance

Biographies & Memoirs

Waterline

Faire le tour du monde. Sans doute l'un des plus vieux rêves de l'homme. En 1968, le Sunday Times décide d'organiser la première régate en solitaire et sans escale, en doublant les trois caps : Bonne-Espérance, Leewin et Horn. Avec d'autres, Bernard Moitessier relève le défi et prend congé des siens dans le port de Plymouth. Seul entre mers et ciels, il relate dans son journal de bord ses dix mois sans toucher terre, sa vie au quotidien sur le Joshua, les dauphins, les poissons volants et les étoiles. La longue route, un chant, un poème à la mer, une grande aventure dont nous sommes les témoins directs.

La longue route

J'Ai Lu

Der verschenkte Sieg

Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH

En este libro, Bernard Moitessier nos relata su legendaria travesía de 14.216 millas a través de la ruta del cabo de Hornos, una de las rutas más penosas y arriesgadas porque atraviesa una zona marítima de altas latitudes, y donde tantos grandes veleros, dedicados al transporte comercial, desaparecieron sin dejar rastro. Es

Cabo de Hornos a la Vela

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Editorial Juventud, S.A.

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