|
Volvo Ocean Race - VOR 2005/2006
www.volvooceanrace.org - Übersicht
Portsmouth, UK, 15 November 2006
Imagine a sporting contest where the participants put themselves under a level of mental and physical endurance akin to a soldier on the front line of a war zone. Imagine also an eight-month odyssey where the fastest single hulled yachts in the world race at speeds never seen before in the most menacing of oceans. A contest, which drew headlines not only for unprecedented ocean sailing records, but also for the sinking of one of the boats, and the death of an accomplished crew member. This is Life At The Extreme, the official book of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06, released today by Nomad Publications.
|
|
Life At The Extremechronicles the daring feats of competitors in the world’s premier ocean race. A 31,350 nautical-mile endurance test around the globe under sail and a challenge which pushes competitors to the brink, to that precarious point where one error or unseen hazard could deliver drastic consequences. This was not a threat Volvo Ocean Race sailors faced just once: it was ever-present over months of competition, in the most hostile conditions nature can muster.
Noted sailing author Rob Mundle, and the world’s best-known sailing photographers, have, between them, created a compelling onboard view of the event, where the world’s top offshore sailors and the sport’s rising stars teamed up for a wild ride through the ocean’s roughest waters and the most dangerous weather nature has to offer.
Over 150 pages of pictures and words in full colour, Life At The Extreme is published on 15 November is available to buy online at http://www.volvooceanrace.org/booksanddvds/ or from leading high street book stores for $44.95 ref ISBN: 0977129489.
It is also distributed by Independent Publishers Group: www.ipgbook.com http://www.ipgbook.com/ http://www.ipgbook.com/showbook.cfm?bookid=0977129489&userid=5AF84226-803F-2B7A-706E9B75C26C36A9 http://www.ipgbook.com/showbook.cfm?bookid=0977129489&userid=5AF84226-803F-2B7A-706E9B75C26C36A9
|
|
|
|