Great Circle
Book description
For climbers there is Everest. For sailors there is the Great Circle - a race round the world from Portsmouth, UK, leaving the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn to port.
In the Great Circle, men and women pit their wits against each other - and against the big,…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Great Circle as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved this book because it fictionalized a “real” sailboat race around the world: what was then called The Whitbread, rebranded as the Volvo Ocean Race and now known as The Ocean Race.
The characters are true to life and the sailing details are both right and thrilling. I would not want to race around the world (or even across my local waters) with any of them, but their quirks and willingness to push the boundaries make for a rollicking story.
From Carol's list on sailors that get sailing right.
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