Sails Full and By by Dom Degnon

Sails Full and By by Dom Degnon

Yacht broker and freelance writer Degnon's breezy account of his extended voyage provides entertaining adventure and a refresher course in geography. One unidentified year, with Celia Lowe as crew mate, he set out from New England in Taku, a 41-foot ketch; first stop, the Caribbean, where they picked up additional crew before sailing throught he Panama Canal and on to Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. In everyport they met other yachties-long-distance, blue-water cruising has its own culture. They spent six months in New Zealand, fitting Taku and sightseeing. Next, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guines and Australia where they has a rough time finding theor way through the Great Barrier Reef in a storm. Then they headed home via Indonesia (Bali), the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Publishers Weekly

Yacht broker and freelance writer Degnon's breezy account of his extended voyage provides entertaining adventure and a refresher course in geographyOne unidentified year, with Celia Lowe as crew mate, he set out from New England in Taku, a 41-foot ketch; first stop, the Caribbean, where they picked up additional crew before sailing through the Panama Canal and on to Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. In every port they met other "yachties"; long-distance, blue-water cruising has its own culture. They spent six months in New Zealand, fitting Taku and sightseeing. Next, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia, where they had a rough time finding their way through the Great Barrier Reef in a storm. Then they headed home via Indonesia (Bali), the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Everything that can happen on a cruise did: equipment failure, groundings, split sails, storms. Sailors will cherish this book. Photos. * Publishers Weekly *
...a lively and inspiring account of a seven-year circumnavigation and of personal growth. * Cruising World *
like a fresh breeze after a calm, Sails Full and By is a grass-roots adventure in the tradition of Mark Twain and a pleasing read. * Sail Magazine *

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ISBN 13	9780924486753
ISBN 10	0924486759
Titel	Sails Full and By
Autor	Dom Degnon
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Verlag	Rowman & Littlefield
Erscheinungsjahr	1995-03-25
Seitenanzahl	272
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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