{"product_id":"the-race-tim-zimmermann-9780618382705","title":"The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind -- a nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in the fastest boats ever built -- The Race attracts some of the world's best sailors and arguably its most eccentric personalities.\u003cbr\u003e Tim Zimmermann, an experienced blue-water sailor, relates in knuckle-whitening detail how and why sailors risk millions of dollars and their lives to dash around the world in record time. He garnishes this story with a chronicle of the tumultuous history of extreme sailing from the nineteenth century to today. Zimmermann \"puts the reader right on board with the tough, colorful crews as they take a crash course (sometimes literally) in how to handle these astonishing machines\" (Derek Lundy, author of Godforsaken Sea).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Zimmermann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0618382704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618382705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.58w x 0.95d","brand":"Tim Zimmermann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119997939967,"sku":"9780618382705","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aaf20127-006f-4167-94d8-cd0a35cfbf4b.jpg?v=1687412018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-race-tim-zimmermann-9780618382705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}