Crewing racing dinghies and keelboats

Fisher, Bob.

Dodd, Mead, & Company

In candid interviews, terminal patients in the Alive Hospice program talked with authors Bob and Judy Fisher, addressing some of the most important questions we ask about our life and how we've made the journey. These end-of-life ponderings are collected into inspirational and provoking thoughts that will encourage each of us to live life fully. Each story is reflected in thematic chapters-priorities, family, simple pleasures, romance, integrity, regret, forgiveness-crafted into a series of "lessons learned," offering motivation to approach life with more vigor. These powerful stories deliver the clear message that if you wait to really live until you know you are going to die, you risk missing much of the joy life has to offer and the chance to leave a positive legacy.

Life Is a Gift: Inspiration from the Soon Departed

Fisher, Judy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

FaithWords

A lavish two-volume collector's edition of the history of the America's Cup <ul>
<li>The ultimate history of sailing's most enigmatic and greatest prize</li> <li>Beautifully presented in two large volumes in a slipcase</li> <li>Illustrated with paintings and plans from the early years and dramatic photography from the modern era</li> </ul>
This stunning book forms the definitive history of the longest continuously competed international sporting event. Each of these majestic tomes leads the reader on a unique journey through the excitement, intrigue, innovation and excess that have been the hallmarks of the America's Cup. The first volume chronicles the Cup from the start of the competition in 1851 through to 1967. Bob Fisher has left no stone unturned in producing an objective and authoritative account of each event. The evolution of the America's Cup is carefully tracked, with the characters, the designs and the races themselves all sharing centre stage. Just as boat speed must be combined with tactical skill to succeed on the water, so scholarship and carefully crafted prose are united in this exceptional work. The second volume follows the extraordinary events between 1970 and 2003. There's the inside story on the court cases and personality clashes as well as the cutting edge designs and thrilling battles between the world's greatest sailors. The tale is told up to the 32rd America's Cup which marked the end of an era and the returning of the cup to Europe for the first time in 152 years. An Absorbing Interest is fully illustrated and includes paintings and artwork that recorded the action of the first cups as well as some of the finest photography from subsequent years. It all combines to create an achievement that is breathtaking in both its breadth and detail. The two volumes, each of more than 260 pages, are presented in an elegant cloth-bound slip case, making this a work that will be treasured for generations to come.

An Absorbing Interest: The America's Cup - A History 1851-2003

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

wiley

PUBLISHED BY DODD MEAD-1976-WRITTREN BY BOB FISHER

Stanford Maritime

Admirals Cup

Pelham Books

Examines the current state of 12-meter yacht racing, looks at how crews prepare for the America's Cup, and describes the most prominent racers

12-Metre Images

Michael, Joseph

Shows how America recaptured the title to yachting's premier competition and reveals the punishing realities of the victory over Australia

America's Cup 1987: The Official Record

Ross, Bob

Royal Perth Yacht Club (Perth, W. A.)

Henry Holt Co.

Traces the history of the America's Cup, looks at other important yacht races around the world, and describes individual ships including catamarans and trimarans

Great Yacht Races

Orbis Pub.

Shows how America recaptured the title to yachting's premier competition and reveals the punishing realities of the victory over Australia

The America's Cup 1987: The Official Record (A Pier House Press Book)

John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

The America's Cup is the holy grail of sailing, and people will do anything within their power to win it. From its beginnings as a race around the Isle of Wight won by an American 'invader', the event has been charged with intrigue, deceit and gamesmanship. Billions have been poured into the bottomless ewer that is the highest honour in the sport, but greed and the lure of the Cup itself have driven challengers and defenders to go beyond the limits of honour and sportsmanship time and again. This gripping expose shows how dirty dealings have been there from the very beginning, but mainly focuses on recent years. The players in this drama are billionaires and tycoons wanting to use the Cup to enhance their fortunes, mavericks trying their luck, and the establishment supposedly defending tradition but not always playing things straight. This isn't just rule tweaking either - this is spying of the highest order (one skipper admits 'I have forgotten exactly how much we spent on spying. It was probably two or three million dollars, maybe more'), stealing opposing teams' designs, poaching other teams' sailors (such as Olympic gold-medallist Russell Coutts), acrimonious court battles and downright cheating. There are big names involved here too - backers including billionaires Bill Koch, Larry Ellison of Oracle and biotechnology tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli, high profile sponsors such as Louis Vuitton and Prada, and world-class sailors including Ben Ainslie. This will be a controversial book - one that lifts the lid on the behind-the-scenes dirty dealings that this incredible 'poisoned chalice' inspires.

The Poisoned Chalice: Dirty tricks and double-crossing at the heart of the America's Cup

Adlard Coles

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Crewing racing dinghies and keelboats

Life Is a Gift: Inspiration from the Soon Departed

An Absorbing Interest: The America's Cup - A History 1851-2003

Crewing racing dinghies and keelboats

Admirals Cup

12-Metre Images

America's Cup 1987: The Official Record

Great Yacht Races

The America's Cup 1987: The Official Record (A Pier House Press Book)

The Poisoned Chalice: Dirty tricks and double-crossing at the heart of the America's Cup