{"product_id":"the-race-extreme-sailing-and-its-ultimate-event-nonstop-roundtheworld-no-holds-barred-isbn-9780618382705","title":"The Race: Extreme Sailing and Its Ultimate Event: Nonstop, Round-the-World, No Holds Barred","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind -- a nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in the fastest boats ever built -- The Race attracts some of the world's best sailors and arguably its most eccentric personalities.\u003cbr\u003e Tim Zimmermann, an experienced blue-water sailor, relates in knuckle-whitening detail how and why sailors risk millions of dollars and their lives to dash around the world in record time. He garnishes this story with a chronicle of the tumultuous history of extreme sailing from the nineteenth century to today. Zimmermann \"puts the reader right on board with the tough, colorful crews as they take a crash course (sometimes literally) in how to handle these astonishing machines\" (Derek Lundy, author of Godforsaken Sea).\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Zimmermann has turned a daring race of unthinkably fast, high-tech sailing machines into an electrifying page-turner.\" --Bruce Knecht, author of THE PROVING GROUND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Race was a wild ride, and The Race is a fine read.\" -- Herb McCormick, sailing correspondent for the New York Times, editor of Cruising World Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Race is probably the finest account of the history of the circumnavigator's quest yet written.\" -- Lincoln P. Paine, author of Ships of the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sophisticated chronicle that keeps the drama thrumming along nicely....told with just the kind of finesse the contest deserves.\" Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zimmermann keeps the action continuous and tense...An exciting and fascinating story.\"  --Derek Lundy, author of GODFORSAKEN SEA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890203029733,"sku":"NP9780618382705","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780618382705.jpg?v=1730232750","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-race-extreme-sailing-and-its-ultimate-event-nonstop-roundtheworld-no-holds-barred-isbn-9780618382705","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}