There Is No Second
By Magnus Wheatley
Hardcover: £35
Paperback: £22.99
Kindle: £12.99
Available on Amazon
There Is No Second is the perfect read as the sailing fraternity enjoys the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. Enthralling those with a passion for sailing, this forensically researched book leaves no stone unturned as it entertains, enlightens and edifies on the subject of the original race, for what was then known as the ‘RYS £100 Cup’.
The author, Magnus Wheatley, also reveals the last untold story of the America’s Cup (which, for many, is the ‘Holy Grail’), having discovered the identity of the signal-master whose conversation with Queen Victoria during the first race in 1851 uttered the words ‘Ma’am – there is no second’, thereby passing the quote into sailing history.
Magnus Wheatley is the Chief Event Writer for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup and has been writing daily for the last two years on www.americascup.com. However, he has been writing about the America’s Cup ever since catching the early train to school with the intention of cutting out every single report from The Times and The Telegraph, at the age of 15, to blog about the 1987 America’s Cup.
With a foreword penned by one of the biggest names in world yachting and winner of the 35th and 36th America’s Cup regattas, Grant Dalton, There Is No Second is no ordinary book. Just like the America’s Cup is no ordinary race.
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