Clare Francis COME HELL OR HIGH WATER Signed Second Impression Hardback

First edition second impression hardback of COME HELL OR HIGH WATER by Clare Francis and published by Pelham Books Ltd in 1977. Signed by Francis on the title page.

The book is in very good condition (blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine) with light creasing to the top and bottom of the spine as well as the bottom corner of the back board. The book is in a very good unclipped dust jacket which has light creasing to the top and bottom of the front and back covers and spine. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.

Clare Francis, 5' 2" in height and weighing only 7 and a half stone, was the first British girl to take part in the Observer Royal Western Singlehanded Transatlantic Race. Despite the fact that this race was the hardest in terms of weather, that it boasted a record number of competitors, that it claimed fatalities for the first time and that one third of the boats had to drop out, Clare, in her 38-foot boat, Robertson's Golly, succeeded in beating the French-held women's record by completing the course in 29 days and was the first British competitor in a conventional boat to finish. 

198 pages including black & white photographs, Acknowledgements and Appendices.

ISBN: 0720709857

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