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In 1901 Captain Voss and his one man crew set of in a native American war canoe in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. In 1904 he arrived in England 40 000 miles from his departure point alone. This book tells the story of his journey. I have found every word of Voss's concerning ships and the sea to be pure gold. --Weston Martyr sailing author On May 27 1901 Captain John C. Voss accompanied by journalist Norman Luxton put to sea in Tilikum a thirty-eight-foot by five-foot dugout canoe purchased on Vancouver Island from Nootka Indians. Voss was a professional sailor who like Joshua Slocum had been idled in the twilight of commercial sail. Luxton a nautical innocent was along to record the voyage for posterity. Slocum's best-seller Sailing Alone around the World had been published the year before and Voss and Luxton's goal was to make a name for themselves by circling the globe in a vessel smaller than Slocum's Spray. Drawing a mere 24 inches fully loaded and outfitted by Voss with a deck a small keel three stubby masts a cockpit for the helmsman and a tiny cabin the Tilikum was without doubt the oddest (and hence the most newsworthy) craft ever to attempt a deep-sea voyage. Three years and several months later on September 2 1904 Tilikum arrived in England after a voyage of 40 000 miles--a journey fraught with perilous and exotic adventures on both land and sea. Luxton abandoned the voyage in the South Seas and his replacement was lost overboard in a storm. Voss carried on and in 1912 - 13 while in Japan he wrote The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss the book that established him alongside Slocum as one of the greatest small-boat navigators of all time. This volume in The Sailor's Classics restores in its entirety Captain Voss's account of his adventures in the Tilikum together with the more noteworthy of the two remaining narratives in the original book a truncated but epic voyage through a typhoon in the 19-foot yawl Sea Queen. In the words of series editor Jonathan Raban to possess this book is to have at your elbow your own compact fount of growling sea-wisdom the classic primer on small-boat handling under all imaginable conditions. For sailors and armchair adventurers alike this book is an unforgettable read. Introduction by Jonathan Raban 40 000 Miles in a Canoe 1. An Adventurous Proposition 2. Vancouver Island 3. With the Indians 4. Into the Wide Pacific--Sea-Going Qualities of the Tilikum 5. The Calm Belt--Land in Sight! 6. Penrhyn Island 7. Manahiki 8. Danger Island--Samoa 9. Niua-Fu--Fiji Islands 10. To the Australian Continent--Disastrous Voyage 11. Sydney 12. A Genuine Fortune-Teller 13. A Lawsuit 14. Repairing a Wreck--An Overland Haul--With an Intoxicated Crew off for Adelaide 15. A Sad Recollection at Hobart--Running Too Long and its Consequence--The Albatross 16. Arrival at New Zealand--Oysters and What They Effected--The City of the 'Mac's' 17. Christchurch--A Pra...

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Title: 40 000 Miles in a Canoe and Sea Queen
Author: VOSS
ISBN: 0071373330
Merchant SKU: 0071373330
Category: VOYAGES AND TRAVELS



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