MOXIE the American Challenge Author:Philip S. Weld MOXIE is the account of Philip Weld's great sailing victory in the 1980 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race (OSTAR). On a course which spanned 2810 miles from Plymouth, England to Newport, Rhode Island, Weld won in the record-breaking time of 17 days, 23 hours and 12 minutes. Not only did this make Weld the first American to win but, at a... more » lean 65 years, the oldest as well.
More than a gripping narrative of the 1980 contest, MOXIE is also an adventure--tole in flashback and anecdote--about Philip Weld's life: a tale fully as extraordinary as his heroic OSTAR triumph.« less