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Die Welt des Bretonen Guirec Soudée ist das Meer. Aufgewachsen auf einer winzigen Insel, schmeißt er mit sechzehn die Schule, um seinen Traum von einer Weltumsegelung zu verwirklichen. Auf einem Fischkutter verdient er sich das Geld für Yvinec, ein dreißig Jahre altes Segelboot. Er restauriert es liebevoll, dann sticht er in See. Seine Begleitung an Bord: die fidele Monique - ein rotbraunes Huhn. Gemeinsam segeln sie über den Atlantik, erkunden Grönland, kämpfen sich 130 Tage durch Packeis und queren die Nordwestpassage, bevor sie gen Süden fahren.

Im VW Bus zu den schönsten Surfspots am Atlantik. Ein Jahr raus aus dem Alltag und tun, was gefällt - das wagt Martin Röhrig gemeinsam mit seinem schlumpfblauen Bulli "Smurfy". Von Hamburg aus brechen die beiden in Richtung Atlantik auf, um der drohenden Midlife-Crisis zu entfliehen. Als Board-Sport-Enthusiast sucht und findet Martin Röhrig dabei die schönsten Surf- und Kite-Spots in Frankreich, Spanien und Portugal - und mittendrin auch sich selbst. Schrauben. Schlafen. Surfen. Eine Geschichte für Aussteiger und solche, die es werden wollen.

Con orígenes en la Depresión norteamericana y a pocos años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Daniel James Brown narra la epopeya del equipo de ocho remeros y su timonel de la Universidad de Washington, y su épica misión de ganar la medalla de oro en 1936 en los Juegos Olímpicos del Berlín de Hitler. El equipo de remo estadounidense que sorprendió al mundo y que transformó este deporte atrajo la atención de millones de personas.

Do you want to own your very own boat and spend your days sailing, fishing, or exploring new places? Do you want to vacation on a boat but dont know where to go? Are you new to the idea and want advice on the best boat for your needs? In this audiobook, Boating: The Ultimate Guide to Learn How to Choose the Perfect Boat, you will discover the best tips and advice for choosing the right vessel for you.

End the dread! What if instead of dreading the triathlon swim, it could be your favorite part of the race? This smart step-by-step guide to conquering triathlon swim fear brings you the product of more than 40 years of experience healing adults with the fear of water. Authors M. Ellen Dash and Ali Meeks unpack for triathletes the most fundamental and far-reaching solution to open-water fear available.

Verschlusssache Tauchen ist ein einzigartiges Buch vollgepackt mit Tipps und Ratschlägen von Experten. Es wird dir ein uneingeschränkter Einblick in die Geheimnisse von professionellen Tauchern und technischen Tauchern ermöglicht. Durch dieses Buch wirst du lernen, wie man Übungen und Techniken entwickelt, um aus dir einen selbstständigen, kompetenten und sicheren Taucher zu machen.

A book remembering a moment in time. A moment I knew, holy crap, this is serious and everyone is looking at me. It was then I realized I am the captain! Having survived my first long solo sail a year ago, I figured it was time to take it up a notch! Sailing has been a passion project of mine. From a young age, I have been set to many different activities by my overactive enthusiasm, from blazing trails on bikes through thicket and bog alike, that run along the local river. To pulling fish too small to fry from that very same river.

In questo audiolibro vengono studiati i cambiamenti tecnologici dei costumi da nuoto, e come questi cambiamenti hanno rivoluzionato il mondo del nuoto agonistico.

In questo audiolibro si studiano i cambiamenti tecnologici dei costumi da nuoto e la loro efficacia secondo diverse proprietà variabili dell'acqua e del corpo umano.

In questo audiolibro viene raccontato come la tecnologia dei costumi ha rivoluzionato il mondo del nuoto e stravolto i record mondiali.

In 1975, a group of amazing women rowed their way to international success and glory, battling sexual prejudice, bureaucracy, and male domination. Among the members of the first international women's crew team - and one of the first women's teams anywhere - were Gail Pearson, the soft-spoken MIT professor who fought to win the political battles necessary for her team to succeed; lead rower Carie Graves, a statuesque bohemian from rural Wisconsin who dropped out of college and later became the most intense rower of the crew; and Lynn Stillman, a tiny 16-year-old, Californian coxswain.

Two Years Before the Mast is an 1840 memoir by the author Richard Henry Dana. A Harvard graduate, he spent the years 1834 to 1836 as a sailor on a merchant ship on a voyage from Boston to California. The journey took them past Cape Horn on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet. Dana provides detailed descriptions of ship life and the technical aspects of sailing. A chapter on California and its inhabitants offers valuable historical insights on the state which was then a foreign land.

Author Jeff Spevak was confronted with a dilemma: How do you tell the story of a man who can’t bring himself to talk about the most epic moment of his life? A clever fellow who’d scrapped to survive in a fashion that seems quaint today, Coleman tested himself as a teenager by swimming across lakes, building homes from foraged lumber, and running a navy carpentry shop as though he were a member of the scamming crew of McHale’s Navy. He was a self-taught sailor who’d become a legend on Lake Ontario. At age 96, Ernie was still sailing.

Inspired by August Derleth’s seminal book The Wisconsin, Richard D. Cornell traveled the Chippewa River from its two sources south of Ashland to where it joins the Mississippi. Over several decades he returned time and again in his red canoe to immerse himself in the stories of the Chippewa River and document its valley, from the Ojibwe and early fur traders and lumbermen to the varied and hopeful communities of today.

Von der Landratte zum Segeljunkie: Das ist die Kurzfassung der vergangenen 8 Jahre im Leben des 45-jährigen Guido Dwersteg. Es beginnt ganz harmlos mit dem Mitsegeln bei Freunden und endet mit einer Einhand-Atlantikrunde. Über diese Reise um den Atlantik hat Dwersteg nun ein Buch geschrieben. Gerade einmal seit 5 Jahren hatte der Koblenzer Guido Dwersteg seinen ersten Segelschein in der Tasche, als er im Februar 2012 mit seinem Segelboot "Carpe Diem" von der Ostsee-Insel Fehmarn zu einer Atlantikrunde startete.

You will be challenged and inspired as you join Neville on board for this real-life, white-knuckle adventure on the high seas....A magnificent account of courage and perseverance as a young doctor takes time off from his busy practice to sail a 31' yacht (single-handed much of the way) from England to New Zealand.

Kayaking like most extreme sports is potentially fatal. The hazards are too numerous to list here. However, with proper instruction and equipment the hazards can be minimalized. This book is not meant to be any kind of instruction. It is only a general discussion. All information presented should not be relied upon for safety. It is intended as a partial list of issues you may bring up with a certified instructor. No actual paddle techniques are discussed because you must use a certified instructor if you want to learn the way of water safely.

What happens when someone dares to go into North Korea 19 times? Gabe Segoine did. And once he even took his three daughters along. In this surprising book, you'll read conversations and heartwarming stories. You will discover the people there in a different light from the popular media narrative. Very few people on the planet can give you this perspective.

Danie Couchman grew up on the move, her family never staying still long enough for her to say where she's from. At 25, and living in her 17th home, she finds herself drowning in the rush of London life and makes an impulsive decision: to buy a narrowboat and make it her home. Surrounded by an eclectic and itinerant community in the uncharted territory of the capital's urban wilderness, Danie becomes fully immersed in this hidden world. Each day on board her boat, Genesis, is an adventure full of disaster and magic.

Slow Boat to the Bahamas is a funny look at getting the sailing bug, preparing for, and going on the big trip with a four-year-old and a four-pound dog.