RE: [Paddlewise] "Knockdown" and other books

From: Philip Torrens <skerries_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 08:35:55 PST
Another one I've recently enjoyed is "Godforsaken Sea" about the 1996
Vedee single handed sailing race. The author doesn't use the term, but he's 
obviously grasped the concept of risk homeostatis, as he contrasts the way 
today's racers, with their EBIRPs, survival suits, faxes, etc. sail further 
south into more ice-invested waters than earlier single handers, who knew 
they were truly alone (J. Solcum, F. Chitchester), would ever have dared.

Philip Torrens
N49°16' W123°06'

***************************************************************************
PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not
to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission
Submissions:     paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subscriptions:   paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net
Website:         http://www.paddlewise.net/
***************************************************************************
Received on Tue Nov 09 1999 - 08:36:30 PST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:16 PDT