{"product_id":"the-romantic-challenge-9781509834433","title":"The Romantic Challenge","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Francis Chichester\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was in Sir Francis Chichester a restless spirit never satisfied with his achievements. Throughout his adventurous life this quiet Englishman has sought to challenge odds that other, younger, stronger men declared insuperable. As a pilot, as a yachtsman, as a navigator, even as a man who broke the grip of cancer, Sir Francis was always a pioneer. Where he led, others followed: but when he triumphed, he at once sought a new and greater challenge. This is a book about such a challenge. With the feasibility of long-distance voyages proven beyond doubt - not least by his own remarkable circumnavigation in 1966 - Sir Francis turned at once to the next great barrier facing the single-hander, the 'speed barrier', setting himself the staggering target of sailing 4,000 miles between two fixed points on the earth's surface in 20 days - an average of 200 miles a day whatever the wind, whatever the weather. \u003ci\u003eThe Romantic Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the planning, the calculations and the sheer hard work that in January 1971 led him and \u003ci\u003eGipsy Moth V\u003c\/i\u003e to their 'starting line' for a race which is the single-hander's '4-Minute Mile' and Marathon, combined in one gruelling, non-stop, murderous ocean race.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890348245143,"sku":"9781509834433","price":1269.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781509834433.webp?v=1781179631","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-romantic-challenge-9781509834433","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}