Robin Knox-Johnston rose to fame in 1969 when he became the first person to sail non-stop and solo around the world. In an illustrious sailing career he has also set records for the fastest circumnavigation and last raced solo round the world in 2007, aged 68. He was knighted in 1995.
10 Ebooks by Robin Knox-Johnston
Robin Knox-Johnston: Knox-Johnston on Sailing
One of Britain’s greatest living sailors shares a collection of distilled wisdom, acute observation and fascinating anecdotes. _x000D_This book is a collection of provoking, insightful and perceptive …
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€11.51
H.W. Tilman: Mischief in Patagonia
'So I began thinking again of those two white blanks on the map, of penguins and humming birds, of the pampas and of gauchos, in short, of Patagonia, a place where, one was told, the natives’ …
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€5.99
Robin Knox-Johnston: Knox-Johnston on Seamanship & Seafaring
On 14th June 1968 Robin Knox-Johnston set sail from Falmouth to take part in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race – the first, non-stop, single-handed sailing race around the world. He was an unknown …
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€11.51
Chris Bonington & Robin Knox-Johnston: Sea, Ice and Rock
When leading mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington was researching Quest for Adventure, his study of post-war adventure, he contacted Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail single-handed and …
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€11.99
Robin Knox-Johnston: Übers Segeln
Wenn jemand wie Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, der erste Segler, der die Welt nonstop und einhand umrundet hat, der mit Gewinn der Golden Globe Regatta, dem Vorläufer des ‘Everest zur See’, der gerade …
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€15.99
Robin Knox-Johnston: Übers Segeln
Wenn jemand wie Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, der erste Segler, der die Welt nonstop und einhand umrundet hat, der mit Gewinn der Golden Globe Regatta, dem Vorläufer des ‘Everest zur See’, der gerade …
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€15.99
Robin Knox-Johnston: Running Free
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston burst to fame when he became the first man ever to complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Now, 50 years on from that famous voyage, he reveals the …
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€9.18
Robin Knox-Johnston: Force of Nature
In January 1969, aboard his home-built wooden boat Suhaili, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person every to sail solo, non-stop around the world. 25 years later, Sir Robin again completed a …
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€8.49
Knox-Johnston Robin Knox-Johnston: World of My Own
On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almostunnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at herhelm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili, …
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€13.01
Robin Knox-Johnston: Knox-Johnston. Un navigatore da leggenda
Robin Knox-Johnston, un
personaggio leggendario nel panorama dei grandi velisti del XX secolo . Il suo nome balza nell´Olimpo della vela quando, a soli ventinove anni, salpato da Falmouth, è …
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