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Crashing headlong into forty-foot waves, facing typhoon-force winds, overcoming technical breakdowns, and battling the sheer physical stress, the men of Commodore Explorer were locked in an incredible duel with Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout. Their goal: to prove that the world can be circumnavigated by sailboat in less than eighty days.... In this true story of raw courage and exhilarating triumph, Cam Lewis and Michael Levitt tell it just as it was - in a narrative that puts you into the salt spray and the danger, from Cape Horn to the winds that howl down off the Andes mountains. Filled with nerve-shattering suspense and heartrending bravery, Around the World in Seventy-nine Days is an unforgettable portrait of a unique team of men who risked their lives in the true spirit of adventure.