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www.no-barriers.com South African-born, Neal Petersen is a world-class professional solo racing yachtsman, global investor, award-winning author of Journey of a Hope Merchant and the subject of a PBS documentary. Petersen has completed a single-handed yacht race around the world, 27,000 miles, 9 months at sea, alone, and in the smallest yacht he designed and built himself. ==Books== To date he has published two books: ''No Barriers'' was published in 1994. His second book ''Journey of a Hope Merchant: From Apartheid to the Elite World of Solo Yacht Racing'' was published in 2004. Both books deal with various aspects of his yachting career, with ''No Barriers'' concentrating on his first journey from South Africa to Europe. ''Journey of a Hope Merchant'' won the 2005 National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography category) Petersen was born physically disabled and impoverished in apartheid-era South Africa, but was introduced to healing and equality in the waters surrounding Cape Town. Journey of a Hope Merchant recounts the epic journey that took this misfit kid from a racially segregated, working class neighborhood to the prestigious world of solo yacht racing. His gripping account of the 1998-99 “Around Alone” race, made famous by the mid-ocean rescue of the French sailor Isabelle Autissier, may become a classic of nautical writing. Written with a freshness and style that reflect his unstoppable optimism, the story of Petersen's compelling journey is proof that the harshest lessons learned at sea apply to all aspects of life and that even the wildest dreams are attainable Neal Petersen has completed the single-handed yacht race around the world called Around Alone, 27,000 miles, 9 months at sea, alone, and in a yacht he designed and built himself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neal Petersen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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