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Salt, Sweat, Tears: The Men Who Rowed the Oceans
By Rackley, Adam
- ISBN
- 9780143126669 9780698170636
- Publisher
- Penguin
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Starred Review on September 15, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
It's not often that someone dreams about rowing across an ocean. However, Rackley and his friend Jimmy Arnold decided to do just that. In 2009, they competed in the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, which departed from the Canary Islands, just off the coast of Spain, and arrived in the Caribbean island of Antigua 76 days later. In alternating chapters, Rackley describes his experience and traces the history of oceanic rowing, highlighting the pionee...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
