Cape Horn, The Logical Route

   "This is about mystical communion with a boat, with the water and the weather, with the creatures of the sea....I'd sooner read Moitessier than any other nautical writer alive." - Jonathan Raban.

   Bernard Moitessier was one of the world's great small-boat sailors. In addition he wrote four other books, all of which became classics of nautical literature.

   The book Cape Horn is the tale of how Joshua, Moitessier's dream boat, became a reality, and how he recovered from the disaster of losing his previous boat - Marie-Therese, which he himself had built - -to pursue his great love: sailing the world's oceans.

   The story continues with Bernard and Francoise Moitessier, aboard Joshua, sailing from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back by way of Cape Horn, the "logical route," because it was the fastest path. Setting out from Tahiti, they make their way through the Roaring Forties, iceberg territory, and the relentless gale-force winds of the higher latitudes. They owe their survival to careful preparation, superior seamanship, and their sense of harmony with Joshua and the sea.....(from the back cover)