简介：In1973,theUnitedKingdomorganizedthefirstheadtoheadsailingracearoundtheworld,invitingexpertcrewsfromEuropeandothercountriesagainsteachother.TheWhitbreadRoundtheWorldYachtRace,todaytheprestigiousVolvoOceanRacetookthesporttoitslimits.TheBritishRoyalNavypurchasedsixyachtstotrain800manandchosethebestfour10-mancrewsforeachofthefourlegsoftherace,yet,aninexperiencedMexicanmanalsosignedup.Inhisfifties,withacrewthatincludedhiswife,son,familyandfriends.Hisname,RamonCarlin.Aweekendsailor.Andhebeateverycompetingnation.InMexico,Ramonlivedtheworkingman'sdream,turningadoortodoorsalesjobintoamilliondollarcompanythroughflawlessworkethicandasheereffort.HemarriedtheloveofhislifePaquitaandformedafamily.Hisrebelliousteenageson,Enrique,wantedtomarrytohis14year-oldgirlfriend,soRamonsenthimtoschoolinIrelandtokeepthemapart.Itonlymade...WrittenbyEduardoLopez…