Isbn: 9780245524356 - Offshore Racer (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Content is clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 12mo. Light mark and wear to top of spine. Dw has light wear to extrms. Crease and small tear to top of spine. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Very light shelfwear, the book is clean and readable throughout, a decent copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st U.K. Edition. The opening story in this book is of two maximum size ocean racing yachts surfing down mountainous seas on the trans-pacific race. This graphic scene sets the tone for a remarkable introduction to offshore racing, where the emphasis is on skippers and crews rather than boat technology. The offshore racer, says Ted Jones, starts at the bottom and works up. If you really want to race offshore there is no other way to begin. So in "Getting a berth", the reader learns how an airline employee on a concessionary ticket from Britain to Miami, got a crewing job which has taken him racing to Hobart, Copenhagen, Hawaii and Rio - and there are amusing accounts of less successful "would-be seafarers" (w-b s's!). In a similar readable but highly authorative style, the author covers personal equipment, crew organization, cooking at sea, navigation, race strategy and offshore helmsmanship. Of even wider interest to all who sail are chapters on handling, safety, health and survival storms. Appendices summarize weather information, the navigator's check list and recommended menurs. Towards the end of the book, the author in "What's it like" and "A philosophical view" injects stories of the world's principal races and a feeling for racing at sea, which is unrivalled in the literature of yachting. Illustrated.mark on back cover.Couple to small tears to edge of D/J.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Age Marks. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Worn. First UK Ediiton.

Hardback. 1976. Reprint. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine, unclipped d/w.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Book has a little shelf wear, very small band of fading to top of spine. D/w has small piece missing from top of rear cover, shelf wear and rubbed corners.

Reprint of the 1974 UK edition (US original of 1973). XI, (3), 285 PP with 4 tables and 103 figures (maps, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few small chips, foxing spots on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 15.8.