Sailing Alone - A History (Hardcover)

'An exceptional book. Sailing Alone belongs on the very small shelf of the true classics of the sea' Peter Nichols, author of Sea Change and A Voyage for Madmen Sailing on a boat by yourself out at sea and out of sight of land can be exhilarating or terrifying, compelling or tedious - sometimes it can be all of these things just in one morning. It is an adventure at odds with our normal, sociable lives, carried out floating on a medium wholly inimical to our existence. But the deep ocean is also a remarkable place on which to think. Richard King's enormously engaging and curious new book is about the debt we owe to solo sailors: women and men, young and old, who have set out alone. Spending weeks and months alone, slowly, quietly and close to the ocean surface is to create the world's largest laboratory: an endlessly changing, capricious and startling place in which to observe oneself, the weather, the stars and myriad sea creatures, from the tiniest to the most massive and threatening. This is a book for anyone who is fascinated by sailing, solitude and the vast seas that cover so much of our planet.

General

Imprint:	Particular Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2023
Authors:	Richard J King
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	512
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-64226-9
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-241-64226-4
Barcode:	9780241642269

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