Time & Tide - Racing Latitudes to Change Attitudes
"... Time & Tide deserved their place at the starting line because they believed they should be there - and how right they were. ...
... Achievement in any walk of life is about belief in yourself ... unshakable belief ... It Is for others to doubt, ... it is a lesson for our all.
... my tribute to the skipper and the crew of Time & Tide who proved so conclusively, for all the world to see, that if you want to do something enough you will do it. It has been an honour to know and work with them - I salute them."
Sir Chay Blyth CBE BEM, The Challenge Business Limited
"Well done, Time & Tide. Against all odds - you did it."
James Hatfield MBE, Skipper of "Time & Tide"
"Many claim it is the toughest race in the world. Organised by master yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth, the 30,000 mile BT Global Challenge 1996-97 forces its competitors the wrong way around the world, against prevailing winds and currents. The ten month race is not for the faint hearted, which is why the Time & Tide crew are so perfectly suited for the tough conditions. Each member has already fought far fiercer battles just to survive and lead normal lives following serious illness, disability or injury.
The skipper, James Hatfield, was born with a hole in the heart and underwent 8 major operations before age of twenty-one. But his passion for sailing was born during those difficult times and he went on to become one of Britain's best-known single-handed yachtsman. His crew, some of whom had virtually no sailing experience before their ten month marathon, are equally fearless. Four are amputees, two are deaf, two are partially sighted, two have cerebral palsy, and two survived cancer, while others had to overcome other various health challenges. Yet they seldom dwell on their disabilities, sharing a mutual determination to compete on equal terms with the other boats. It is the first time that a disabled crew has ever competed in such a race.
This is the account, told from the crew's perspective, of their achievements, frustrations, disasters, and triumphs as they compete under intense pressure - and in the full glare of the world's media, which could be both supportive and patronizing. ON EQUAL TERMS tells of the early struggles of Time & Tide to enroll in the race and be taken seriously as a competitor, of raising sponsorship against all the odds, of the loss of several crew members while the race was in progress, some to illness, some to grievances, and of the calumniates and dangers they endured to pas the finishing line, including the drama of one amputee braking his good leg and needing to be strapped to his bunk for three weeks while on the high seas ...
It is the story of of challenge and of struggle, but above all of the resilience of the human spirit in conditions which can be lonely, frustrating, and dangerous. It is the ultimate tale of overcoming enormous odds to conquer both stormiest of oceans and the prejudices of the able bodied."
ON EQUAL TERMS written by Marina Cantacuzino and published in 1997 by Simon and Schuster, England
Marina Cantacuzino is a freelance Journalist writing for publications such as the Observer, Sunday Times, Marie Claire, Maxim and Vogue. Previously a staff writer at the Telegraph Magazine, she has written two previous books.
... Achievement in any walk of life is about belief in yourself ... unshakable belief ... It Is for others to doubt, ... it is a lesson for our all.
... my tribute to the skipper and the crew of Time & Tide who proved so conclusively, for all the world to see, that if you want to do something enough you will do it. It has been an honour to know and work with them - I salute them."
Sir Chay Blyth CBE BEM, The Challenge Business Limited
"Well done, Time & Tide. Against all odds - you did it."
James Hatfield MBE, Skipper of "Time & Tide"
"Many claim it is the toughest race in the world. Organised by master yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth, the 30,000 mile BT Global Challenge 1996-97 forces its competitors the wrong way around the world, against prevailing winds and currents. The ten month race is not for the faint hearted, which is why the Time & Tide crew are so perfectly suited for the tough conditions. Each member has already fought far fiercer battles just to survive and lead normal lives following serious illness, disability or injury.
The skipper, James Hatfield, was born with a hole in the heart and underwent 8 major operations before age of twenty-one. But his passion for sailing was born during those difficult times and he went on to become one of Britain's best-known single-handed yachtsman. His crew, some of whom had virtually no sailing experience before their ten month marathon, are equally fearless. Four are amputees, two are deaf, two are partially sighted, two have cerebral palsy, and two survived cancer, while others had to overcome other various health challenges. Yet they seldom dwell on their disabilities, sharing a mutual determination to compete on equal terms with the other boats. It is the first time that a disabled crew has ever competed in such a race.
This is the account, told from the crew's perspective, of their achievements, frustrations, disasters, and triumphs as they compete under intense pressure - and in the full glare of the world's media, which could be both supportive and patronizing. ON EQUAL TERMS tells of the early struggles of Time & Tide to enroll in the race and be taken seriously as a competitor, of raising sponsorship against all the odds, of the loss of several crew members while the race was in progress, some to illness, some to grievances, and of the calumniates and dangers they endured to pas the finishing line, including the drama of one amputee braking his good leg and needing to be strapped to his bunk for three weeks while on the high seas ...
It is the story of of challenge and of struggle, but above all of the resilience of the human spirit in conditions which can be lonely, frustrating, and dangerous. It is the ultimate tale of overcoming enormous odds to conquer both stormiest of oceans and the prejudices of the able bodied."
ON EQUAL TERMS written by Marina Cantacuzino and published in 1997 by Simon and Schuster, England
Marina Cantacuzino is a freelance Journalist writing for publications such as the Observer, Sunday Times, Marie Claire, Maxim and Vogue. Previously a staff writer at the Telegraph Magazine, she has written two previous books.
