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This text explores the background of all the major single-handed sailing races from the pioneering Ostar to the Vendee Globe. Each chapter traces the history of each race and includes a detailed map of the route. It looks at celebrated skippers, and at what makes sailors decide to go it alone.

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"Nic Compton was brought up on boats in the Mediterranean. After gaining an Honors Degree in English at Exeter University, he tried his hand at boatbuilding for a few years. While working in Greece he bought a 32-foot (9.75 m) William Atkins double-ender, sister ship to Knox-Johnston's ""Suhaili,"" which he sailed back to the U.K. After a postgraduate course in journalism he became deputy editor, then editor, of ""Classic Boat"" from 1994 - 2000. He now works as a freelance writer, contributing to ""Yachting Monthly,"" ""Boat International,"" and ""Motorboats and Yachting."""

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