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    Posted: 21 Jan 08 at 3:12pm

I've just finished reading "left for dead, the untold story of the 1979 fastnet disaster" by Nick Ward a very harrowing read about how the crew of Grimaulkin (sp) left him and someone else for dead when the storm hit in the fastnet race, well worth reading, i couldn't put the book down once i'd started!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Left-Dead-Untold-Fastnet-Disaster/dp /0713682817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=120092819 1&sr=1-1
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in that book that i mentioned above the guy ends up buying Frank Dye's old Wayfarer
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Frank and Margaret Dye are a delightful pair of eccentrics. In one of her books she recommends wearing wellies as they offer some protection against alligators if you happen to tread on one whilst getting out of your boat,

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Originally posted by Laser 173312

Originally posted by slop_idol

"Riddle of the sands", Erskine Childers

How did I forget that. Super sailing book rather than another autobiography.

Read it

 



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You can download it here - it is available through Project Gutenberg:
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This is a great book,

 Ocean Crossing Wayfarer: To Iceland and Norway in a 16ft Open Dinghy (By Frank Dye)

 

Ocean Crossing Wayfarer: To Iceland and Norway in a 16ft Open Dinghy

 

 



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Originally posted by slop_idol

"Riddle of the sands", Erskine Childers

How did I forget that. Super sailing book rather than another autobiography.

Read it

 
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How about Ellens Autobiography. Read that but its not a novel, OK, I know!
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It is a good book. Very scary to think that several men crossed the Pacific on a raft made of BALSA!!!!

They were attempting to prove that Polynesia may have been populated by people sailing on such rafts from Peru. DNA tests (or something) later proved that this wasn't the case, but Heyerdahl still made a pretty amazing voyage on a sailing craft you wouldn't expect to stay afloat.

But never mind the boring history/science stuff, just enjoy the story of the voyage!
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When I was a little kid, I read and re-read a travelogue about the Kon Tiki expedition. I can't remember who wrote the book, but it was someone close to Thor Heyerdahl. The anthropological theories were a bit abstruse but the building of the raft and the everyday life on board made fascinating reading.  

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I can second Joshua Slocum - 'Sailing alone around the world' it's so readable for a book written so long ago.

For a thoughtful tragedy/mystery try 'The strange last voyage of Donald Crowhurst'

And of course all the hornblower books!



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