Coyote Lost at Sea The Story of Mike Plant, America’s Daring Solo Circumnavigator

by Plant, Julia

• ISBN13: 9780071789905
• ISBN10: 0071789901
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-03-26
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Summary

When Coyoteand its skipper, Mike Plant, went missing mid-Atlantic in November 1992, the sailing world held its breath. Now, twenty years later, the story around the mystery, tragedy, and enigma is told at last "[Plant] is as close as yachting gets to a James Dean character, going his own way, in his own time, but always with an eye to the sea." --Barbara Lloyd, New York Times Mike Plant came to ocean racing late; as an American in a sport dominated by European sailors he was an underdog. And yet he won his class in the 1986-87 Around Alone 24,000-mile race, beating competitors with more experience, among them Hal Roth. Plant led an adrenaline-fueled life, full of seemingly suicidal adventures and yet his charismatic personality attracted hundreds of friends. Told in the style of Into the Wild, Coyote Lost at Seatranscends the sailing story and explores the intimate details of Plant's intense personality, upbringing, and experiences that created the fiercely original character of Mike Plant. It explores the events and circumstances leading to Plant's phenomenal success as a singlehanded ocean-racer, as well as the factors contributing to the failure of his high-tech and controversial boat, Coyote.

Table of Contents

Preface
CHAPTER 1 South Street Seaport, New York City, October 15, 1992
CHAPTER 2 Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, the 1950s
CHAPTER 3 Ely, Minnesota, and Ithaca, New York, mid-1960s
CHAPTER 4 South America, 1970–1971
CHAPTER 5 Summer and Fall 1971; Return to South America, Spring 1972; Excelsior, Minnesota, Summer 1973
CHAPTER 6 Spetses, Greece, and Marmaris, Turkey, 1973–1974
CHAPTER 7 Rhodes, Greece, April 1975
CHAPTER 8 Minnesota, Colorado, the Caribbean, and Newport, Rhode Island, 1975–1983
CHAPTER 9 Newport, Rhode Island, 1984–1986
CHAPTER 10 Horta, Azores, and Lisbon, Portugal, Summer 1986; Newport, August 30, 1986
CHAPTER 11 1986–87 BOC, Singlehanded Race Around the World, Newport to Newport
CHAPTER 12 Vendée Globe, Newport, Rhode Island, to Les Sables d’Olonne, France, to Southern Ocean, Campbell Island, 1989–1990
CHAPTER 13 Second BOC Aboard Duracell, 1990–91, Newport, Rhode Island, Around the World, and Back to Newport, Rhode Island
CHAPTER 14 The Second Vendée Globe Prep, 1992
CHAPTER 15 The Last Weeks, October 4–November 11, 1992
CHAPTER 16 November 12–30, 1992
CHAPTER 17 Mike Remembered
Epilogue
Racers, Boats, and Nationalities
Endnotes and Sources
Bibliography