Team Spirit is a gripping account of a race on the edge, & a young skipper`s determined journey to victory. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is the ultimate long distance challenge
- a 35, 000-mile circumnavigation of the globe, contested by amateur crews in identical racing yachts
- & the winners are those who keep their focus the longest. The 2010 winner was 28-year-old Brendan Hall & his crew in Spirit of Australia. Although Brendan was the youngest & least experienced skipper in the race, the win was no accident
- it was the culmination of years of training, skilled navigation & a leadership style way beyond his years. His leadership skills were soon put to the test
- in the middle of a North Pacific hurricane, Brendan went to the rescue of an injured skipper on a competing yacht & skippered both boats across one of the most feared oceans in the world. Brendan`s brutally honest, no-holds-barred account is revealing & instructive, with valuable lessons in leadership & management
- as well as never giving up. Thrown in quite literally at the deep end, he is pushed to the limit, & learns lessons you can only learn the hard way.