Cape Horn: The Logical Route.
MOITESSIER, Bernard. Translated by Ingre Moore.
Cape Horn: The Logical Route.
First Edition in English of Bernard Moitessier's Cape Horn: The Logical Route
London: Adlard Coles Ltd, 1969.
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First edition in English of Moitessier’s account of his honeymoon voyage with his wife Francoise aboard the steel ketch Joshua. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, top edge red. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation’s highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
First and foremost, this is the story of Bernard and Francoise Moitessier's honeymoon voyage aboard their steel ketch Joshua (named after their hero Joshua Slocum) from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back by the way of Cape Horn. At that time, their 14,126-mile voyage was the longest completed by a small sailing boat without port-of-call.
