Total Loss: A Collection of 45 First-hand Accounts of Yacht Losses at Sea with a Summary of the Lessons to be Learned

The second edition of this enthralling collection features 45 dramatic stories of yachts lost at sea, with over 20 new accounts, including the loss of Pete Goss’s 120-foot catamaran TEAM PHILLIPS in an Atlantic storm at the end of 2000. The authors’ moving, emotionally charged accounts of abandoning their vessels at sea will have you on the edge of your seat, but these are more than just gripping disaster stories. They carry valuable lessons which the survivors have passed on to all seagoers. Every year hundreds of yachts are lost at sea; for those who wish to avoid a similar fate, this book could be essential.