“You are likely to learn more about winning yacht races by reading this book than from anything you’ve read in quite a while. . . . [It] gives us a close look at Conner―surely the most successful sailboat skipper in the United States today . . .” ―Bruce KirbyNo Excuse to Lose is the book Dennis Conner still refers to as “the bible,” He says (Time magazine, 9 February 1987), “I like to compete. I guess I don’t dislike it, but my sailing is just bottom line, like adding up the score in bridge. My real interest is in the tremendous game of life.”

No Excuse to Lose: Winning Yacht Races with Dennis Conner

JOHN ROUSMANIERE

Dennis Conner

Sports & Outdoors

A C Black Publishers Ltd

In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2,500 men and women were smashed by forty-foot breaking waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them. By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned ship, five yachts had sunk, 136 sailors had been rescued, and only 85 boats had finished the race. John Rousmaniere was there, and he tells the tragic story of the greatest disaster in the history of yachting as only one who has sailed through the teeth of a killer storm can. With a new introduction by the author.

Fastnet Force 10

Water Sports

W.W.Norton & Co

Expanded, updated bible of sailing. New sections on celestial navigation, cruising with children, safety, traditions, more. Standard reference for sailing schools, pleasure sailors. 250 line drawings.

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship

Simon&Schuster

America's Cup, 1851-1983

PELHAM BKS.

Book by Time-Life Books Editorial Staff, Rousmaniere, John

Luxury Yachts

Time-Life, Books

Time-Life, Incorporated

The wonderful story of personal privilege carried to the high sea. Great pictures of the interiors of luxury yachts from 1850 to the present

The luxury yachts (The Seafarers)

Time-Life-Books

Volume details the history of the New York Yacht Club from it's founding through 2008.

The New York Yacht Club A History, 1844-2008

Seapoint Books

Noted historian John Rousmaniere traces the history of the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. Beginning with the land itself before the cemetery was founded in 1850, his engaging text shows how the forces that shaped the history of New York-population growth, immigration and growing wealth-also shaped the Evergreens. He also describes the beautiful monuments and fascinating characters that are buried there. Ken Druse's stunning color photographs demonstrate the beauty of the site and the monuments.

Green Oasis in Brooklyn: The Evergreens Cemetery 1849-2008

History

Americas

Seapoint Books and Media

Commemorative history of the club. Virtually every page is replete with color photographs and plates, and document reproductions. This historic, and often amusing, account is fascinating for any history-lover. Even includes the recipe for Alamagoozlum Cocktail (apparently invented by J. Pierpont Morgan in celebration of repeal of prohibition). Includes bibliography, index, and end-notes.

Union League Club : 1863-2013

Sailing at Fishers

Mystic Seaport

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