Autor: Yachting Monthly

Paul Gelder, editor of Yachting Monthly for 10 years – from 2002 to February 2012 – is no stranger to disaster at sea. He has edited two best-selling anthologies of true-life sailing disasters, Total Loss, plus its companion volume, Sunk Without Trace (Adlard Coles Nautical). He has also written three books on round the world sailing events, including The Loneliest Race, covering the 1994–95 BOC Around Alone race, and Gipsy Moth IV: A Legend Sails Again (Wiley Nautical). He was presented with the Ocean Cruising Club“s Award of Merit in 2005 for launching the campaign to save Sir Francis Chichester“s famous ketch Gipsy Moth IV, which sailed around the world on the 40th anniversary of her first epic voyage.