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OverviewThe Last Sea Dog tells the story of Jean-Luc Van Den Heede’s life and his many sailing adventures, focussing on his triumph in the 2018/19 Golden Globe Race. Jean-Luc has rounded Cape Horn 12 times and completed six solo circumnavigations. These have resulted in five race podiums and one world record, which he still currently holds: He has been on the podium twice in the Vendée Globe single-handed race around the world, coming third in 1990 and second in 1993. More recently he won the Golden Globe Race in 2018/19 at the age of 73. This race was run as a fiftieth anniversary of the 1968 race of the same name won by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. While the restriction of no assistance and no stopovers were not particularly unusual, more challenging were the requirements to sail the race ‘as in 1968’ with yachts similar to those available in that year and, except for safety equipment, no modern technology allowed. No satellite-based navigation aids were available to the sailors and they had to use a sextant to navigate around the world as Robin had done fifty years previously. Jean-Luc was born in 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jean-Luc Van Den Heede , Didier Ravon , Riaan SmitPublisher: Fernhurst Books Limited Imprint: Fernhurst Books Limited ISBN: 9781912621767ISBN 10: 1912621762 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 05 November 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 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; AcknowledgementsReviews“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) Author InformationJean-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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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