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A Voyage for Madmen
Peter Nichols · 初版 2001 年
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1968 年，九名水手启程参加有史以来最大胆的比赛：单人单手不间断环球航行。这是一项前无古人的壮举，也将永远改变帆船运动的面貌。十个月后，九人中只有一人能够跨过终点线，收获名声、财富与荣耀。对其他人而言，回报却是疯狂、失败与死亡。在这本非凡的书中，Peter Nichols 记录了一场在手机、卫星天线和电子定位系统诞生之前的时代里，个人与大海的较量。A Voyage for Madmen 是一部讲述
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如果你想了解这个故事的更多细节，我觉得 Peter Nichols 写的《A Voyage for Madmen》相当引人入胜，它讲的是整场比赛。
If you want more detail on this story, I found Peter Nichol's book A Voyage for Madmen on the race as a whole quite engaging.
Peter Nichols 写的《A Voyage for Madmen》是一本关于这场比赛及期间发生变故的绝佳好书，其中也包含了 Donald Crowhurst 的故事。
"A Voyage for Madmen" by Peter Nichols is a great book about the race and what happened, including the Donald Crowhurst story.
一本同样关于极限帆船航行（20世纪60年代的单人环球航海赛）但角度不同的好书：https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6055.A_Voyage_for_Madmen
A different but equally interesting book about extreme sailing (solo race around the world in the 1960's): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6055.A_Voyage_for_Madmen
……尽管开着一艘本该毫无胜算的老旧慢船；还有那个几乎没什么真正对手、本该稳赢，却决定继续航行而不去完成比赛的人。《A Voyage for Madmen》是关于这场比赛的绝佳读物，Bernard Moitessier 和 Robin Knox-Johnston 记录各自参赛经历的书也同样精彩（《The Long Way》和《A World of my Own》）。还有一些很有意思的书……
…despite having an old and slow boat which should have had no chance, and the man who had little real competition and should have won but decided to just keep sailing instead of finishing the race. A Voyage for Madmen is a great read about the race, as are Bernard Moitessier's and Robin Knox-Johnston's books about their experiences in the race (The Long Way and A World of my Own). There are some interesting books…