Team Spirit: Life and leadership on one of the world's toughest yacht races

Team Spirit: Life and leadership on one of the world's toughest yacht races

by Brendan Hall (Author)

Synopsis

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is the ultimate long distance challenge - a 35,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe, contested by amateur crews in identical racing yachts. The 2010 winner was 28-year-old Brendan Hall and his crew in Spirit of Australia. Although Brendan was the youngest and least experienced skipper in the race, the win was no accident - it was the culmination of years of training, skilled navigation and a leadership style way beyond his years. His skills were soon put to the test - in the middle of a North Pacific hurricane, Brendan went to the rescue of a competing yacht and skippered both boats across one of the most feared oceans in the world. This brutally honest, no-holds-barred account is revealing and instructive, with valuable lessons in leadership and management - as well as never giving up. Thrown in quite literally at the deep end, he is pushed to the limit, and learns lessons you can only learn the hard way.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Adlard Coles
Published: 04 Jul 2013

ISBN 10: 140818799X
ISBN 13: 9781408187999
Book Overview: Team Spirit is a gripping account of a race on the edge, a young skipper's crash-course in leadership under gruelling pressure, and determined journey to victory against the odds.

Media Reviews
Honest, insightful, informative... Bravo. -- Pete Goss
Raw, gripping and brutally honest -- Economia
I couldn't put it down! -- www.sailers.co.uk
A brutally honest, no-holds-barred account -- Yachting Life
...the book is a joy * Sailing Today *
succinct and very readable...a must-read for anyone interested in sailing, or equally personal development.One of the best books I've ever read. * Lifeboat Magazine *
...a compelling account... A brutally honest, no-holds-barred account'. * Welsh Coastal Life *
Author Bio
Brendan Hall began sailing at the age of four in his home waters off Brisbane, and was racing by the age of 19. He was 27 years old when the 2009/2010 Clipper Race began, and had to transform a motley crew of 18 amateur sailors into a race-winning sailing machine, as well as battling life-threatening weather conditions, gear failure and rescuing two other yachts in the dangerous North Pacific Ocean. He is currently cruising and racing in the Caribbean.