Fazisi: The Joint Venture [Hardcover]

Skip Novak (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: August 9, 1990

This is the extraordinary story of Fazisi, a Russian boat of revolutionary design entered in the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. The American author tells how he became involved with the Fazisi, how his Russian co-skipper mysteriously committed suicide, how the boat was almost lost in a storm in the Southern Ocean and how, having arrived safely at Freemantle, Novak and his crew were told that Pepsi had withdrawn their sponsorship because of bad press in the USA. The book aims to offer a dramatic account of how the "Glasnost" boat managed to complete the toughest ocean race in the world.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd; First edition (August 9, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0283060530
ISBN-13: 978-0283060533
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,022,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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