Sir Peter Blake

"Sir Peter Blake was an outstanding yachtsman/adventurer of his time, an international sporting celebrity who achieved status and affection to rival that of New Zealand's other favourite adventurer son, Sir Edmund Hillary. In a 30-year sailing career, [he] won the America's Cup and every significant blue-water race on the planet, including the Whitbread Round the World race, and slashed the record for the fastest non-stop circumnavigation of the world under sail. Knighted for his achievements and granted cel;ebrity status in many countries, [he] turned away from competitive sailing in the last years of his life to pursue a passion to help protect the environment he had enjoyed so much. ... "--Book jacket.