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A SPECK ON THE SEA: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels Book

Contains more than seventy accounts of adventures in small boats. This book offers a collection of sea adventures in which small unlikely crafts completed voyages against great odds. It features seafarers and feats of seamanship including Ed Gillet's kite-powered transpacific kayak voyage and Ben Lecomte's swim across an ocean for love.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    A gripping compendium of noteworthy small-boat voyages made over the centuries. --John Harland, author of Seamanship in the Age of Sail A Speck on the Sea chronicles the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest boats.

  • Product Description

    More than Seventy Accounts of Big Adventures in Small Boats

    In A Speck on the Sea, William Longyard reaches back through five centuries to gather a collection of sea adventures in which the smallest, unlikeliest craft--and the daring individuals aboard them--completed extraordinary voyages against great odds.

    From canoes and small sailboats to a pair of strap-to-your-feet pontoons, the watercraft in these true stories make nearly as varied a collection as the mariners who piloted them. The intrepid seafarers and their feats of seamanship include:

    *Ed Gillet's kite-powered transpacific kayak voyage
    *Gladys Gradely's 1902 quest to become the first woman to solo the Atlantic
    *Ben Lecomte's swim across an ocean for love
    *Hugo Vihlen's 1968 ocean crossing in the 6-foot sailboat April Fool
    *Peter Bird's tragic attempt to row across the Pacific
    *And scores more

    Whether driven by desperation, adventure, or a desire for fame and fortune, the risktakers in these stories show what vast oceans can be crossed in tiny contrivances by those who dare.

    William H. Longyard has spent twenty-five years paddling, rowing, and sailing small boats of all kinds. He has published several books and written numerous articles for boating journals.

  • 0071440291
  • 9780071440295
  • William Longyard
  • 1 September 2004
  • McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
  • illustrated edition
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