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Knowledge 2.0 – Staying Afloat in the Information Age

BY MARK CHISNELL, RHYME AND REASON BOOKS, £2.49 (EBOOK), £9.99 (PAPERBACK).

What can yacht racing and sailing teach us about ourselves and the way we react and think? Mark Chisnell’s fascinating book uses racing and sailing triumphs and tragedies – such as the 1979 Fastnet Race, Beryl and Miles Smeeton’s infamous rounding of Cape Horn and

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