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{{a|book review|}} | {{a|book review|}}{{author|Bernard Moitessier}}, {{br|The Long Way: Alone Between the Sea and Sky}}, (1971) | ||
There is an old and, these days, rather politically incorrect joke about the first [insert nationality of your choice] man to win of the Tour de France, who was so pleased with himself he did a lap of honour and hasn’t been heard from since. The humour derives from the transparent ridiculousness of the scenario, but that’s in essence exactly what [[Bernard Moitessier]]’s did: this memoir, largely extracted from his ship’s logs, is the story of the Frenchman who, when leading the round the world yacht race and in the home straight, peeled off went round again. Only he didn’t make it to the finish line first. | There is an old and, these days, rather politically incorrect joke about the first [insert nationality of your choice] man to win of the Tour de France, who was so pleased with himself he did a lap of honour and hasn’t been heard from since. The humour derives from the transparent ridiculousness of the scenario, but that’s in essence exactly what [[Bernard Moitessier]]’s did: this memoir, largely extracted from his ship’s logs, is the story of the Frenchman who, when leading the round the world yacht race and in the home straight, peeled off went round again. Only he didn’t make it to the finish line first. | ||