The life story of a true single-handed sailing great.
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has rounded Cape Horn twelve times and completed six solo circumnavigations resulting in 5 podium places plus 1 world record, held since 2004 for circumnavigating against prevailing winds and currents. His podiums include two Vendée Globes and finally winning the retro ('as in 1968') Golden Globe Race in 2019 at the age of 73.
Focussing on The Golden Globe Race, he tells his amazing life's story. He was born in post-war Amiens, far from the sea, and he became a maths teacher. Nevertheless, he developed a passion for competitive sailing. He is friendly and easy to approach, but he is also a formidable competitor with an abundance of courage and perseverance. This personal account of his life and the Golden Globe Race is an amazing story of a man who has faced the toughest times and sea and won through.
AUTHOR: Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has rounded Cape Horn twelve times and completed six solo circumnavigations, achieving five race podiums and one world record (circumnavigation against the prevailing winds and currents, which he still holds). He finished third then second in the Vendée Globe, and won the retro ('as in 1968') Golden Globe Race in 2019 at the age of 73.
SELLING POINTS: .
A remarkable tale of a remarkable sailor. .
Showing what it takes to sail single-handed around the world six times. .
One of the last traditional seamen.
9 colour, 9 b/w photographs
By:
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
With:
Didier Ravon
Translated by:
Riaan Smit
Imprint: Fernhurst Books Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781912621767
ISBN 10: 1912621762
Series: Making Waves
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 05 November 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Introduction; Foreword to the English Edition – Don McIntyre; Foreword to the English Edition – Sir Robin Knox-Johnston; Foreword to the French Edition – Thomas Coville; 1. Knock-down; 2. Childhood in solitude; 3. The call of the Golden Globe Race; 4. Birth of a dual calling; 5. Searching for a five-legged sheep; 6. From college to my first boat; 7. Objective: 240 days; 8. On the other side of the horizon; 9. Without fear or blame; 10. Seven months without setting foot on land; 11. The Bardiaux Effect; 12. Settling into a routine; 13. Roaring Indian & Pacific Oceans; 14. The Lucky Star; 15. Strange stopover; 16. Confessions, Conviction 1; 17. Twelfth Cape Horn; 18. Confessions, Convictions 2; 19. Endless rise; 20. Victory; 21. And now; Acknowledgements
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has rounded Cape Horn twelve times and completed six solo circumnavigations, achieving five race podiums and one world record (circumnavigation against the prevailing winds and currents, which he still holds). He finished third then second in the Vendée Globe, and won the retro (‘as in 1968’) Golden Globe Race in 2019 at the age of 73.
Reviews for The Last Sea Dog: 6 Solo Circumnavigations Resulting in 5 Podiums & 1 World Record
“This superb translation has opened a whole new adventure to me, being able to absorb and understand the man behind the story, the man that has been my friend of so many years. I devoured every word with pure joy. This is a great read, an all-time classic that shows me a man not unlike Bernard Moitessier or Eric Tabarly.” (Don McIntyre) “His journey, both literally and figuratively, is simply incredible.” (Thomas Coville)
