Review This, at last, is an English translation of Memoires du Large, published just a month before the world lost this great sailor, in June 1998, on his way to the first Fife Regatta on the Clyde (CB123 and 240). That was aboard his beloved 1898 Fife Pen Duick and fittingly the book both begins and ends with chapters on her – the boat that gave her name to five more of the same name, in which Tabarly ruled the world of ocean sailing. There is a good description of early restoration and replacing her hull in sheathed polyester, but not much on his time with the re-emerging classics; he was already playing a leading role in classic sailing but you won't learn it here. Calling a boat 'he' takes getting used to, but reading it feels like he is talking to you. His matter-of-factness defined his character. (Classic Boat)
G**S
Five Stars
perfect condition.
J**E
The Greatest
Excellent book - that I did not even realise was available in english. Eric Tabarly writes with simplicity about his passion and his story is fascinating from beginning to end. Recommended for all sailing enthusiasts plus others too.
H**G
history in the making!
The book reads as Tabarly would have spoken, and as such gives an insight into his character.Of interest to sailors and non-sailors alike, it is a powerful and at times gripping and emotional 1st hand account of one man's passion that changed the face of trans-atlantic sailing.
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