Offshore High: Steve and Doris Colgate and Offshore Sailing School

McCormick, Herb

ISBN 10: 0998556599 / ISBN 13: 9780998556598

Editore: Seapoint Books (edition ), 2021

With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Codice articolo 0998556599-11-1-29

Riassunto:

In the realms of both the marine industry and competitive sailboat racing at its highest levels,

few if any couples have matched the accomplishments of Steve and Doris Colgate, the longtime

proprietors of the world-renowned Offshore Sailing School: With over 150,000 graduates, no

one has taught more willing novices how to sail than Offshore. A scion of the Colgate family of

Colgate-Palmolive fame, and the daughter of a famed, award-winning scientist, respectively, at

first glance the Colgates seemed an unlikely match.The founder of the National Women's Sailing

Association, among other yachting-industry initiatives, on countless fronts Doris was a pioneer

in a world usually dominated by men. Their shared tale is fascinating on several levels: as an

insider's take on yacht racing at its top ranks; as a case study in a remarkably unique and

successful business; and, finally, as a good old-fashioned love story.

Informazioni sull'autore:

An award-winning sailing journalist, and avid inshore and offshore cruising and racing sailor, Herb McCormick is the former editor-in-chief of Cruising World magazine and yachting correspondent for The New York Times. He's written five sailing books, including As Long As It's Fun, the biography of voyaging icons Lin and Larry Pardey, and One Island, One Ocean, a first-person account of the Around the America's Expedition, a voyage around North and South America via the Northwest Passage and Cape Horn. A graduate of Williams College, where he captained the football team, he lives on the island where he was born and raised, in downtown Newport, RI.

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Titolo: Offshore High: Steve and Doris Colgate and ...
Casa editrice: Seapoint Books (edition )
Data di pubblicazione: 2021
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
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