MOITESSIER
A sailing legend

Jean-Michel Barrault

It was during the Golden Globe, the first solo non-stop race around the world, and with victory within his reach, that Bernard Moitessier sent this message with a slingshot onto the deck of a passing freighter: 'I am continuing ...' With this unbelievable decision to turn his back on glory and money, and continue sailing to the Pacific Islands after seven months at sea, he bacame a guru for all small boat sailors. It was Jean-Michel Barrault who first encouraged Moitessier to write about his adventures, and he remained his friend for 36 years, as the internationally known sailor, writer and ecologist became a legend in his own lifetime.

'Moitessier is a "millionaire de l'esprit". I'd sooner read him than any other nautical writer'.

Jonathan Raban

'Jean-Michel Barrault was as close and lasting a friend as Moitessier had. His book nailed him in all his beautiful, quixotic complexity.'

Peter Nicholls

228 x 148 mms • Illus • ISBN 1574092049 • Price: £12.95 pbk

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