{"product_id":"9780224059718","title":"The Godforsaken Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Lundy, Derek \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/06\/2000,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780224059718,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the best books ever written about sailing'Time 27,000 miles, three and a half to five months alone at sea, chilling casualty rates, the unrelenting strain of handling 60-foot boats day and night, the absolute certainty of weather and waves that could destroy them. On 3 November 1996 sixteen sailors set out from the Bay of Biscay to embark on the Vendee Globe - a single-handed yacht race through the world's most treacherous and isolated seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the sixteen starters only six completed the course, six others withdrew or were disqualified, three were plucked from sinking boats and one disappeared without trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about the sea: how we are dawn to it and how it repels us and about why these men and women risk everything to embark on such a perilous journey. TWENTIETH ANNIVESARY EDITION, WITH A NEW FOREWORD FROM THE AUTHOR.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697865850924,"sku":"9780224059718","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780224059718.jpg?v=1722604560","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780224059718","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}