Total Loss: A Collection of 40 First-hand Accounts of Yacht Losses at Sea with a Summary of the Lessons to be Learned

Coote, Jack

ISBN 10: 0924486333 / ISBN 13: 9780924486333

Published by Sheridan House, 1992

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Larger and thick paperback that looks mostly unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Total Loss: A Collection of 40 First-hand Accounts of Yacht Losses at Sea with a Summary of the Lessons to be Learned
• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0924486333
• ISBN 13: 9780924486333
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Total Loss is an anthology of selected accounts by some 40 people who have survived the loss of a yacht at sea. The stories are grouped under the principle causes of loss and each is followed by an analysis of the lessons to be learned.

About the Author

Jack Coote is an experienced cruising yachtsman who has owned and sailed a variety of boats. He is a keen collector of literature on sailing, and in assembling this anthology he used his own very extensive library as well as other libraries and the files of yachting magazines throughout the world. Jack Coote is the author of East Coast Rivers, East Coast Rivers from the Air, and North Sea Harbours, and has compiled Down the Wind, an anthology of sailing literature.