Rough Passage/The Adventure of the Faeroe Islands

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one of the most remarkable AND adventurous small-boat VOYAGES of modern times In 1934 Commander Graham set off singlehanded from Falmouth in Emánuel, a uny seventon cutter, on a voyage to Labrador for which he was awarded the Royal Cruising Club Challenge Cup. Once there he spent several weeks cruising among the remote settlements of Newfoundland and Labrador. On the passage home via Bermuda heavy gales tested man and boát nearly to the limit. The boom was smashed and the trysail was ripped to shreds. He frankly admits: 'The sea looked so terrifying that I could not bear to look at it, and I remained below all day.' The disabled boát managed to make Bermuda, where Commander Graham spent the winter, sailing home in the spring by way of the Azores, with a friend as crew. This edition alsó contains an account of one of Emánuel s earlier voyages, a trip to the littleknown Faeroe Islands, written by Commander Graham's daughter who sailed with him. Commander R. D. Graham was a farmer from... Tovább

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one of the most remarkable AND adventurous small-boat VOYAGES of modern times In 1934 Commander Graham set off singlehanded from Falmouth in Emánuel, a uny seventon cutter, on a voyage to Labrador for which he was awarded the Royal Cruising Club Challenge Cup. Once there he spent several weeks cruising among the remote settlements of Newfoundland and Labrador. On the passage home via Bermuda heavy gales tested man and boát nearly to the limit. The boom was smashed and the trysail was ripped to shreds. He frankly admits: 'The sea looked so terrifying that I could not bear to look at it, and I remained below all day.' The disabled boát managed to make Bermuda, where Commander Graham spent the winter, sailing home in the spring by way of the Azores, with a friend as crew. This edition alsó contains an account of one of Emánuel s earlier voyages, a trip to the littleknown Faeroe Islands, written by Commander Graham's daughter who sailed with him. Commander R. D. Graham was a farmer from Bridgwater, Somerset. In the winter of 1933-34 business worries affected his health, so (he says) 'not being able to afford a world cruise in a luxury liner, I decided to go in my own ship to somé place beyond the reach of telephone and telegraph wires'. 'Constitutionally rather timid', he nevertheless resolved to sail for Newfoundland single-handed. Vissza