Chris Eakin - A Race Too Far
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The true story of the tragic round-the-world yacht race - now the subject of The Mercy, starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz
In 1968, the Sunday Times organised the Golden Globe racean incredible test of endurance never before attempteda round the world yacht race that must be completed single-handed and non-stop.
This remarkable challenge inspired those daring to enterwith or without sailing experience. A Race Too Far is the story of how the race unfolded, and how it became a tragedy for many involved.
Of the nine sailors who started the race, four realised the madness of the undertaking and pulled out within weeks. The remaining five each have their own remarkable story. Chay Blyth, fresh from rowing the Atlantic with John Ridgway, had no sailing experience but managed to sail round the Cape of Good Hope before retiring. Nigel Tetley sank while in the lead with 1,100 nautical miles to go, surviving but dying in tragic circumstances two years later. Donald Crowhurst began showing signs of mental illness and tried to fake a round the world voyage. His boat was discovered adrift in an apparent suicide, but his body was never found. Bernard Moitessier abandoned the race and carried on to Tahiti, where he settled and fathered a child despite having a wife and family in Paris. Robin Knox-Johnston was the only one to complete the race.
Chris Eakin recreates the drama of the epic race, talking to all those touched by the Golden Globe: the survivors, the widows and the children of those who died. It is a book that both evokes the primary wonder of the adventure itself and reflects on what it has come to mean to both those involved and the rest of us in the forty years since.
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In memory of my mother,
Valerie Eakin (1933 to 2008)
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By now, the race had been underway for seven months and probably had another six to go. Already there had been chaos. Storm force winds at the bottom of Africa had knocked boats out. Others suffered structural damage.
Their battered skippers were left with potentially life or death decisions. Should they carry on beyond the point of no return, into the vast and wild Southern Ocean, or should they give up?
No-one had ever achieved what each was striving for, to be the first person to sail around the world single-handed without stopping.
Chris Eakin sails regularly in the English Channel with his wife and is a qualified Yachtmaster. He has been a journalist on newspapers and in broadcasting for more than 25 years and is a presenter on the BBC News Channel. He lives in London.
Eve Tetley, Clare Crowhurst and Francoise Moitessier together for the first and only time, at the mid-race photo shoot on Discovery in London
Francoise, Eve and Clare in one of a succession of poses for the Sunday Times
John Ridgway in new Aran Islands sweater and tam oshanter departs 1 June 1968
Chay Blyth tries to look confident as he departs Hamble on 8 June 1968
Knox-Johnston on Suhaili, departing Falmouth on 14 June 1968. The self-steering scaffolding is already at work
Eve Tetley on shore in Plymouth as, left to right, Nigel Tetley, Bill King, Bernard Moitessier and Lock Fougeron discuss Kings new boat
Bill King, proud of the boat with similarities to a submarine
Eve and Nigel Tetley on board Victress, their home, in Plymouth
Eve, determined to enjoy the build-up to the race
Eve looks out of the cockpit of Victress as domestic belongings are unloaded
Bernard Moitessier demonstrates why he says there will be no need for a radio
Moitessier poses on his bunk during the weeks preparing in Plymouth
Moitessier on Joshua sets sail from Plymouth on 22 August 1968
Joshua can be seen through the group but Francoise Moitessier looks away
Bill Kings radical Galway Blazer II leaving Plymouth on 24 August 1968
Lieutenant Commander Nigel Tetley on Victress in Plymouth
Tetley and Victress, a trimaran, leave Plymouth on 16 September 1968
Alex Carozzo approaches Gancia Americano on a mooring off Cowes
Clare and Donald Crowhurst celebrate the launch of Teignmouth Electron
Crowhurst on board as helpers rush to get everything ready just three days before the deadline to start
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