Around Cape Horn
Title | Around Cape Horn PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Davis |
Publisher | Down East Books |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1461741831 |
Charles Davis was one of the world's leading maritime model builders. During the first half of the last century, he was also acclaimed as an artist, historian, and author. This is his recollection of one of his first adventures at sea: sailing out of New York in 1892 on a voyage around Cape Horn, aboard the bark James A. Wright.
Cape Horn to Starboard
Title | Cape Horn to Starboard PDF eBook |
Author | John Kretschmer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781580801621 |
Legendary account of the author's voyage around Cape Horn in a 32-foot sailboat, sailing east-to-west (thus the Horn is to starboard, or on the right). This is a notoriously difficult and dangerous passage, especially in a boat this size.
My Old Man and the Sea
Title | My Old Man and the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | David Hays |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1996-04-26 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0060976969 |
A father and son sail 17,000 miles in a 25 foot boat they built together.
Two Against Cape Horn
Title | Two Against Cape Horn PDF eBook |
Author | Hal Roth |
Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Chile |
ISBN | 9780540071449 |
A tale of high adventure at sea in one of the least known parts of the world.
Forty-niners 'round the Horn
Title | Forty-niners 'round the Horn PDF eBook |
Author | Charles R. Schultz |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781570033292 |
Drawing upon more than one hundred unpublished diaries, Schultz profiles the individuals who embarked on these journeys and demonstrates how markedly the gold rush voyages differed from general commercial trading and whaling ventures."--BOOK JACKET.
Sailing Into Oblivion
Title | Sailing Into Oblivion PDF eBook |
Author | Jerome Rand |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2020-01-23 |
Genre | |
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Large Print Edition of the true account of the 2017-2018 solo non-stop circumnavigation by Jerome Rand aboard the Westsail 32 "Mighty Sparrow". A testament to endurance and adventure, this memoir recounts what life is like aboard a small sailboat during a 271 day voyage around the globe, alone and without stopping. One of the greatest challenges of both body and mind, the author will take you onboard during the good times and the bad. As one of only a handful of people to have ever succeed in such a small boat, this story is truly the adventure of a lifetime.
Round Cape Horn in Sail
Title | Round Cape Horn in Sail PDF eBook |
Author | Fred W. Ellis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | Seafaring life |
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