Missing the Boat - Chasing a Childhood Sailing Dream

Informationen zum Autor Michael Hutchinson became a full-time cyclist in 2000 after becoming disillusioned with an academic career. Over the following six years he has won more than twenty national titles, and the gold medal in the Masters' Pursuit World Championships. He is now a writer and journalist (and cyclist) and lives in south London. His book on the hour cycling record, The Hour , was published by Yellow Jersey in paperback in 2007. He is now a writer and journalist and lives in Cambridge. Klappentext The hilarious true story of an amateur boating adventure. Yacht racing. It's about the yachts, the people, the regattas, and just what it was like to dive back into a world that had become entirely alien. Michael Hutchinson won the Best First Book at the British Sports Book Awards. Zusammenfassung The hilarious true story of an amateur boating adventure. Yacht racing. It's about the yachts, the people, the regattas, and just what it was like to dive back into a world that had become entirely alien. Michael Hutchinson won the Best First Book at the British Sports Book Awards.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael Hutchinson, Hutchinson Michael
• Edition: Vintage UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780099552345
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955234-5
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Biographies, autobiographies; Sailing, Sailing / yachting, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Sailing, the hour; boats; belfast; jerome k jerome