Berth to Bermuda: 100 Years of the World's Classic Ocean Race

by John Rousmaniere

Overview

When it was first sailed in 1906, the Bermuda Race made the sea a playground by creating a new sport—ocean racing by amateur sailors in normal boats. Sponsored by the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the race is now so glamorous that sailors' ears perk up when it is mentioned, so difficult that participants ask themselves "Why am I out here again?" and so addictive that they keep coming back for this every-other-year event. In this lavish, heavily illustrated book, yachting historian (and Bermuda Racer) John Rousmaniere tells the story of the remarkable sailors, the great boats, the tactics, the Gulf Stream ordeal, and the lure of Bermuda that make this the world's classic ocean race.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780939511174
Publisher:	Applewood Books
Publication date:	01/01/1901
Series:	Mystic Seaport
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 11.25(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

John Rousmaniere has sailed in over 35,000 miles of offshore voyaging and racing. He crewed on the 48-foot "Toscana" in the fateful Fastnet Race of 1979.