Two Against Cape Horn
Author: Hal Roth
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780540071449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA tale of high adventure at sea in one of the least known parts of the world.
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Two Against Cape Horn
Author: Hal Roth
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780393032239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells of two veteran sailors who set out to sail to a little-known archipelago and then around Cape Horn and succeeded only after their boat was wrecked on their first attempt
Around Cape Horn
Author: Charles Davis
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1461741831
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharles 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
Author: John Kretschmer
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781580801621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLegendary 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
Author: David Hays
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1996-04-26
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0060976969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA father and son sail 17,000 miles in a 25 foot boat they built together.
Cape Horn
Author: Bernard Moitessier
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781574091540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBernard Moitessier is a writer and one of France's most famous sailors.
Racing the Ice to Cape Horn
Author: Frank Guernsey
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781892216205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrank Guernsey lived through this tale of his record- setting 128-day nonstop journey, sailing single-handed from Southern California around Cape Horn to Uruguay in an engineless sailboat, only 24 feet long. Cy Zoerner put this harrowing adventure into words as no other author could. As Frank revealed the story, Cy began to wonder, as would we all, what could drive a man to commit to an outrageously dangerous undertaking in such a small craft. After endless hours discussing life and love with Frank, Cy understood and a story, like no other, poured forth.This will be the best sailing adventure you will ever read and quite possibly the best book you will read for years to come. The greatest fiction can not match the adventures and life of Frank Guernsey".Humans!" The handle of my precious watermaker stopped in my hands. My eyes strained at the black speck on the gray, watery horizon. The misery from the open saltwater sores I sat on, winked out. As I switched on my video recorder, my only companion since I set sail, I repeated, "Humans? After all these months alone..". I glanced at my watch. It was January 2, 10 a.m.
Sequitur - To Cape Horn in Comfort and Style
Author: Michael Walsh
Publisher:
Published: 2013-04-30
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13: 9780991955602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book follows the adventures of a retired Canadian couple in their mid-sixties, who in 2009 set out on a three-year voyage from Vancouver. Their intention was to sail in full comfort through some of the remotest and wildest seas in the world. They had already seen more than their fair share of palm trees and tropical beaches, so on this voyage they chose to head to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and around Cape Horn. Sequitur, their yacht provided Edi and Michael with great comfort, and as their voyage progressed, the quality and style of their onboard dining, both at sea and at anchor, became legend. At the height of its popularity, their online blog was consistently receiving over 3000 page views per day. Michael is a retired naval officer, an accomplished exploratory mountaineer, a former wine importer, culinary instructor and wine writer. He is a lover of adventure and of the finer things in life. Throughout the book Michael offers a close-up view and commentary on the process of voyaging through less travelled areas. Because of the included details, the book is not only for shore-side dreamers; it should also be a useful resource for those thinking of taking this voyage themselves. The book is beautifully illustrated with more than 2400 colour images that were selected and edited from the 296,500 photographs shot along the way. As well, there are dozens of maps and chart-plotter screenshots to assist in following the adventures.
Back to Cape Horn
Author: Rosie Swale
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRounding the Horn
Author: Dallas Murphy
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2009-03-17
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0786738731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor as far back as he can remember, Dallas Murphy has been sea-struck. Since he began to read, "besotted by salt-water dreams and nautical language," he studied the lore surrounding a place of mythic proportions: the ever-alluring Cape Horn. And after years of dreaming -- and sailing -- he finally made his voyage there. In this lively, thrilling blend of history, geography, and modern-day adventure, Murphy shows how the myth crossed wakes with his reality. Cape Horn is a buttressed pyramid of crumbly rock situated at the very bottom of South America -- 55 degrees 59 minutes South by 67 degrees 16 minutes West. It's a place of forlorn and foreboding beauty, one that has captured the dark imaginations of explorers and writers from Francis Drake to Joseph Conrad. For centuries, the small stretch of water between Cape Horn and the Antarctic peninsula was the only gateway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and it's a place where the storms are bigger, the winds stronger, the seas rougher than anywhere else on earth. Rounding the Horn is the ultimate maritime rite of passage, and in Murphy's hands, it becomes a thrilling, exuberant tour. Weaving together stories of his own nautical adventures with long-lost tales of those who braved the Cape before him -- from Spanish missionaries to Captain Cook -- and interspersed with breathtaking descriptions of the surrounding wilderness, the result is a beautifully crafted, immensely enjoyable read.
