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Team Spirit
- Author
- Brendan Hall
- Narrator
- Robert Portal
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 2 July 2026
- Run Time
- 7 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 2010 winner was 28-year-old Brendan Hall and his crew in Spirit of Australia. Although Brendan was the youngest and least experienced skipper in the race, the win was no accident – it was the culmination of years of training, skilled navigation and a leadership style way beyond his years.
His skills were soon put to the test – in the middle of a North Pacific hurricane, Brendan went to the rescue of a competing yacht and skippered both boats across one of the most feared oceans in the world. This brutally honest, no-holds-barred account is revealing and instructive, with valuable lessons in leadership and management – as well as never giving up. Thrown in quite literally at the deep end, he is pushed to the limit, and learns lessons you can only learn the hard way.
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Honest, insightful, informative… Bravo.
Pete Goss
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Raw, gripping and brutally honest
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I couldn't put it down!
www.sailers.co.uk
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A brutally honest, no-holds-barred account
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...the book is a joy
Sailing Today
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succinct and very readable...a must-read for anyone interested in sailing, or equally personal development.One of the best books I've ever read.
Lifeboat Magazine
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...a compelling account..."A brutally honest, no-holds-barred account'.
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Details
- Author
- Brendan Hall
- Narrator
- Robert Portal
- Duration
- 7 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9781399431422
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Sailing / yachting, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Team Spirit: Life and Leadership on One of the World's Toughest Yacht Races by Brendan Hall, read by Robert PortalThe 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 2010 winner was 28-year-old Brendan Hall and his crew in Spirit of Australia. Although Brendan was the youngest and least experienced skipper in the race, the win was no accident – it was the culmination of years of training, skilled navigation and a leadership style way beyond his years. His skills were soon put to the test – in the middle of a North Pacific hurricane, Brendan went to the rescue of a competing yacht and skippered both boats across one of the most feared oceans in the world. This brutally honest, no-holds-barred account is revealing and instructive, with valuable lessons in leadership and management – as well as never giving up. Thrown in quite literally at the deep end, he is pushed to the limit, and learns lessons you can only learn the hard way.
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