ON the night of 7th February 2005, Ellen MacArthur became the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. The record has been held by a Frenchman who has slashed over 20 days off the previous time- a feat that many experts claimed would be almostimpossible to emulate, let alone beat. But in a superhuman effort that saw her dig deeper into her reserves of courage and strength than ever before, Ellen triumphed and some claimed she was now the finest sailor that Britain had ever produced.Drawing on personal logs, emails audio and video diaries, Race Against Time is Ellen's own fully issultrated story, capturing the drama, excitement, danger, joy and tears of a truly extraordinary achievement.
Author: Macarthur, Ellen
Edition: 1
Pages: 287
Book format: paperback
Product code: 60.60.550
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