Tamata and the Alliance

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Tamata and the Alliance
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This fascinating memoir spans the time from Moitessier's magical childhood in Vietnam to months before his death, is a beautifully written saga of physical adventure and spiritual growth.

Born in the French Indochina in 1925, Bernard Moitessier grew up astride two cultures--French and Vietnamese--in a turbulent era that moved dramatically from peace to war. Imprisoned during the Japanese occupation, he was later drafted to fight the Viet Minh in a French war that foreshadowed America's own Vietnam involvement two decades later.

Tamata tells how the 25-year-old Moitessier left Vietnam to answer the call of the sea. He led the life of a sea-gypsy, wandering the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic, and the Caribbean, learning the ways of boats and the sea and surviving two catastrophic shipwrecks. His greatest sailing adventures followed, the Tahiti-Alicante passage and his ten month round-the-world solo voyage in 1969 when he withdrew from the Golden Globe Race and sailed on to Tahiti.

Moitessier then spent three years on a remote atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Called "Tamata" ("try it!") by his Tuamotu friends, he built a Polynesian-style house, planted coconut trees, and gradually transformed the sun-blasted coral into a speck of green in the middle of the South Pacific.

After living in the United States, he spent the last years of his life in France. He is buried in a small fishing village in Brittany.
Country USA
Brand Sheridan House
Manufacturer Sheridan House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780924486777
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780924486777
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Sheridan House
Manufacturer	Sheridan House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780924486777
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780924486777
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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