The RYA Book of World Sailing Records
Peter Johnson(Author)
Adlard Coles Nautical (Publisher)
Published on 28. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
143 pages
978-0-7136-5903-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together past and present sailing and boating records to recount adventures, mishaps, personalities and successes. After examining what qualifies as a record and what rules apply, it goes on to describe: ocean record passages from the clipper ships to Ellen McArthur; the fastest ever 500 metre run; sailing firsts; inshore speed records from kite boats, planers and foilers to powerboats; and the records that are still to be achieved.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
40 b&w photographs, tables, charts, maps
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-5903-0 (9780713659030)
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Person
Peter Johnson is Chairman of the ISAF/World Sailing Speed Record Council, and an outstanding authority on a wide variety of boating records. He has owned and sailed ocean racing yachts, racing dinghies and fast power boats, has written numerous books on nautical subjects, and has contributed to yachting magazines in Britain and around the world. He lives in Lymington.