Chessie Racing: The Story of Maryland's Entry in the 1997-1998 Whitbread Round the World Race

by George J. Collins and Kathy Alexander

The history of the racing yacht Chessie, the first ever entry from the Chesapeake Bay in the famous Whitbread Round the World Race.

This book records the history of the racing yacht Chessie, the first ever entry from the Chesapeake Bay in the famous Whitbread Round the World Race. Skippered by Baltimore businessman George Collins and named after the Chesapeake's equivalent to the Loch Ness monster, Chessie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801864135
• ISBN13: 9780801864131
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher