Around the World in Seventy-Nine Days

Cam Lewis with Michael Levitt

ISBN 10: 1929303017 / ISBN 13: 9781929303014

Published by Team Adventure Press, 2001

About this Item

Team Adventure Press, 2001. 1st Ed thus. softcover. Fine. 8vo, New Revised and Updated edition, Inscribed by author Cam Lewis, a memoir of sailing around the world in a catamaran, 314 pages" . ISBN: 1-929303-01-7.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Around the World in Seventy-Nine Days
• Publisher: Team Adventure Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1929303017
• ISBN 13: 9781929303014
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This book is about an incredible sailing voyage taken around the world in 1993. It is also a book about a fictitious voyage around the world taken in 1873. It will tell how a 5 man team where able to sail a huge catamaran non-stop around the world and how they got there. Cam Lewis joined Bruno Peyron and three other French sailors in a race against the clock and against all odds and incredible difficulties. They not only survived the grueling circumnavigation and the rogues waves and hurricane force storms of Cape Horn, they came back victorious. Winning the Trophee Jules Verne and sailing around the world in less than 80 days, smashing all previous records. The story will also compare this voyage to Jules Verne's original Around The World in 80 Days. The books has maps and 8 pages of photographs * This book was originally published in April 1996 by DELL. It has been completely revised and updated.

About the Author

Cam Lewis sailed around the world with four Frenchman in 79 days to win the inaugural Jules Verne Trophy Race. On the 86 foot catamaran "Commodore Explorer" they broke the previous record for a non-stop circumnavigation under sail by 30 days- or an astounding 27 percent. As a result, Lewis was awarded the 1993 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year honors. He sailed on the victorious 1988 America's Cup winner Stars and Stripes with Dennis Conner, won back to back Finn Gold Cups (World Championships) and 505 Championships, The Maxi Boat World Championships as Helmsman on Matador 2 and has won numerous National, North American and International championships in many one-design classes. Lewis sailed with Laurent Bourgnon on the Trimaran "PRIMAGAZ" in the 1994 Two-Handed Transatlantic Race and won it to set a record of 9 days and 8 hours. Lewis has competed at all levels of sailing from sail boards to maxi yachts and mega cats. He has raced on all the worlds oceans, set many records and continues to sail at the top level on some of the worlds best boats. Six years after finishing the Jules Verne, Cam launched his own mega-catamaran, Team Adventure and raced it around the world, finshing third in THE RACE. He lives on the shore of lake in Maine with his two sons, Max and Beau. The ocean is not far away and they spend lots of time on the water and continue to explore and participate in many adventures.