This is a paperback copy of "The Naked Rower: How Two Kiwis Took On The Atlantic - and Won!" why Rob Hamill; published by Hodder Moa Beckett in 2000 [pp. 231].

This copy is in very good unmarked condition apart from tear on front cover (see left hand side of photo).

THE NAKED ROWER is the story of one man and his dream. The man was New Zealander Rob Hamill and the dream was to win the world's first trans-Atlantic rowing race. It was, they told him, the impossible dream, He had no money, no rowing partner, no knowledge of boat building and -while he was a world-class sculler -he had never rowed at sea. Worse still, when he finally did try blue-water rowing, he became chronically seasick.

THE NAKED ROWER is the tale of how he overcame these barriers and of how he and his fearless partnerPhil Stubbs in KIWI CHALLENGE finally lined up at the start in Tenerife. The dream, however, was about to become a nightmare.

In the 1997 trans-Atlantic Challenge 30 boats and 60 rowers set out to row a vast stretch of water that had previously been attempted only by a handful of oarsmen, six of whom had died in the attempt. The sea gods barely treated the 1997 racers any more kindly. They were pummelled by storms, capsized, pitched into the sea, lain low by seasickness and food poisoning, suffered awful physical injuries and driven past the point of insanity.

THE NAKED ROWER is a swashbuckling story of high adventure, friendship placed under unbearable strain, terrible tragedy and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.