Total loss : dramatic first-hand accounts of yacht losses at sea / Paul Gelder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelder, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sailing--Anecdotes.

Sailing.

Yachting accidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

An enthralling collection of 45 dramatic stories of yachts lost at sea, Total Loss has been a consistent bestseller since first publication. This fascinating new edition carries exciting first-hand accounts, including the tragic sinking of the yacht Ouzo , run down or swamped by a P&O ferry in the English Channel, the loss of Hooligan V , the sinking of two boats in the Atlantic after rudder failure, and the rescue of Pete Goss and his crew from the giant catamaran Team Philips . Here are tales of collisions with UFOs (unidentified floating objects), fire, explosion, exhaustion and crew failur

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; COLLISION; 1 Run Down or Swamped? The Ouzo Mystery; 2 Anatomy of a Collision; 3 Sunk in the North Sea; 4 Run Down, or Rescued?; 5 Anatomy of a Sinking; 6 That Sinking Feeling; 7 The Loss of a 'Friend'; 8 There She Blows; FAILURE OF GEAR OR RIGGING; 9 The Night Our Keel Fell Off; 10 Why We Had To Sink Our Yacht; 11 Pulling the Plug; 12 Sink and Swim; 13 The End of an Ostar; STREE OF WEATHER; 14 The Cat Without Nine Lives; 15 No Escape at Fécamp; 16 Perfect Storm; 17 Abandoned!; 18 Mayday for May Bee; 19 The Sinking of Galway Blazer

20 A Short Race Across the Atlantic21 Fastnet Rescue; 22 Capsize! How I Lost Gulf Streamer. . .; 23 'I Am not Going To Die!'; FAULTY NAVIGATION; 24 Shipwrecked on an Unmarked Reef; 25 The Fatal Reef; 26 The Loss of Keelson II; 27 Song - The Final Episode; 28 Last Time Over; 29 Chartreuse on the Rocks; FIRE OR EXPLOSION; 30 Fire and Ice; 31 LPG - A Disaster Waiting to Happen; 32 A Blazing Yacht in the Ionian; 33 Lightning Strike; FAILURE OF GROUND TACKLEOR MOORING LINES; 34 Girl Stella's Going; 35 Bad Luck in Boulogne; BEING TOWED; 36 Typhoon Brenda and the Tow; 37 The Loss of Jester

38 Mischief's Last VoyageIndex of Boats and Yachtsmen; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781408170434

1408170434

9781408146934

1408146932

OCLC:

841907609