{"product_id":"shipwreck-on-middleton-reef-the-story-of-a-tasman-survivor-by-bill-belcher","title":"SHIPWRECK ON MIDDLETON REEF: The Story of a Tasman Survivor","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHIPWRECK ON MIDDLETON REEF: The Story of a Tasman Survivor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Bill Belcher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0002169525\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Collins 1979, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 20 h \u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 190\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2605\/0365\/K553\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nA harrowing true account of survival at sea, following the author's 28-day ordeal after his yacht was wrecked on a remote reef in the Tasman Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of how Bill, winner of the 1974 Trans-tasman single handed race, New Plymouth to Mooloolaba, Queensland, had started in the 1978 race but had gone missing. The media ran the story of the race's organisers reluctance to institute a search. The eventual air search located Bill's Josephine II on the notorious Middleton Reef, but HMAS Swan could find no trace of Bill and the life raft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 28 days of drifting in the raft, Bill was picked up by a Nauru-bound ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images, illustrations and maps, maps on end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with only light wear\/spine fading on dust jacket, faint spotting on end papers and page edges, pages otherwise clean, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce in this condition\u003cbr\u003e\nSee our other listings by this author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450960757028,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/136818.jpg?v=1782984180","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/shipwreck-on-middleton-reef-the-story-of-a-tasman-survivor-by-bill-belcher","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}