Full Description
"The Sailor's Classics" library introduces a new generation of readers to the best books ever written about small boats under sail. In 1933, 23-year-old Richard Maury set sail from Connecticut in Cimba, a 35-foot schooner, bound for Fiji. Maury's account is an extraordinary tale of high adventure, acclaimed for its exquisite depictions of the sea's unbearable beauty and annihilating fury.
Contents
Introduction by Jonathan RabanPrefaceOne. Towards the SeaTwo. The Gale and the Lee ShoreThree. DepartureFour. Winter, North AtlanticFive. The CapsizingSix. Under Bare PolesSeven. On to Grand TurkEight. The Caribbean and Break-Up PortNine. Hacking to WindwardTen. A Galapagan MysteryEleven. A Rendezvous at the World's EndTwelve. The Downhill RunThirteen. In French OceaniaFourteen. Tahiti, Port of RefugeFifteen. An Ocean Race--The Islands under the WindSixteen. Ocean, Sunlight, and ShadowSeventeen. Through the Koro SeaEighteen. The Wreck of the CimbaNineteen. In a Fijian HarbourAbout the AuthorNER(01): WOW
