Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

The true story of skipper Tracy Edwards and the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World race.

Describes how the author and her husband, two fortysomething professionals, quit their stressful careers, rented out their house, and embarked on a two-year voyage around the Caribbean aboard a forty-two-foot sailboat.

True story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high...

In early May 2005, Captain Tom Tighe and first mate, Loch Reidy, of the sailboat Almeisan welcomed three new crew members, two men and a woman, for a five-day voyage from Connecticut to Bermuda. While Tighe and Reidy had made the journey countless times, the rest of the crew were paying-passengers learning about offshore sailing and looking for adventure. Four days into their voyage, they got adventure--but not the kind they had expected or had any...

Set sail with Jake and his crew on a full-length adventure on the high seas. Jake and his crew must race Bucky against the Jolly Roger and the sneaky Captain Hook, but if Bucky loses, he'll belong to Hook forever! Also, enjoy four more Jake And The Never Land Pirates episodes!