Chasing the Cup : my America's Cup journey
Spithill, Jimmy2017
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Jimmy Spithill is the world's most successful racing skipper, and at 37 has already reached legendary status. In 2013 he led Oracle Team USA to victory against New Zealand against massive odds, recovering from 1-8 to win 9-8, and is the skipper for Oracle's 2017 America's Cup defence. This autobiography opens with a young Jimmy in hospital about to have surgery on his leg, being told by the doctors he'll never be much good at sport. But he won his first race aged 10, and using a credit card to pay for travel he went on winning races all over the country, and then the world. He debuted in the America's Cup as a skipper at 20, and after a legal battle to free himself from his contract with the Young Australia team, he sailed in the next two Cups before becoming the youngest ever winner of the America's Cup in 2010, as helmsman and skipper of BMW Oracle Team 90, only to win it again three years later in 2013.
Main title:
Chasing the Cup : my America's Cup journey / Jimmy Spithill with Rob Mundle.
Author:
Spithill, Jimmy, authorMundle, Rob, author
Imprint:
London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2017.
Collation:
x, 197 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781472948076 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1915366
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Central Library | Adult non-fiction | 797.1409 SPI | Available |