Speiss, a Minnesota schoolteacher who planned and worked for six years to build the small sailboat that would carry him alone across the Atlantic Ocean, chronicles his preparations, frustrations, hardships, and achievement.
Alone Against the Atlantic
β Scribed by Gerry Spiess, Marlin Bree
- Publisher
- New York : Berkley Books
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 212
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Speiss, a Minnesota schoolteacher who planned and worked for six years to build the small sailboat that would carry him alone across the Atlantic Ocean, chronicles his preparations, frustrations, hardships, and achievement.
β¦ Subjects
sailing
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