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Voyages of a Simple Sailor by Roger D. Taylor (Paperback, 2008)

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Aged just 23, and already set on a life of adventure, Roger Taylor signed up as an able seaman on the square-rigger Endeavour II, bound for New Zealand. The Endeavour II finally struck land in horrific conditions at one in the morning.

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Aged just 23, and already set on a life of adventure, Roger Taylor signed up as an able seaman on the square-rigger Endeavour II, bound for New Zealand. The voyage turned into a terrifying ordeal as the ship was caught in a tropical storm. Embayed between two headlands the ship was driven towards a hostile lee shore. The Endeavour II finally struck land in horrific conditions at one in the morning. There seemed little chance of survival... Following this formative experience, Roger resolved that from then on he would ever only go to sea on his own terms, single-handed and in easily manageable yachts. He built the 19' Roc and twice crossed the Tasman Sea in her - the smallest craft then to have made the crossing. Roger continued to develop his ideas on the importance of simplicity in ocean voyaging and sailed his 21' junk-rigged Corribee Mingming in the first Jester Challenge. This was a voyage of calms, frustrations and mature reflection.

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PublisherT.H.E. Fitzroy Press

ISBN-139780955803505

eBay Product ID (ePID)92094676

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Book TitleVoyages of a Simple Sailor

AuthorRoger D. Taylor

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports

Number of Pages190 Pages

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Item Height210mm

Item Width140mm

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Title_AuthorRoger D. Taylor

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by jimmypp01962
19 Oct, 2017
Essential reading for the solo sailor.
Anyone who has ever harbored an idea to go to sea alone in a small boat will profit themselves greatly by reading this tome. In fact, not only will it assist in equipping the solo sailor in outfitting his boat in the correct way for single-handed passage making, but, it will also inspire and induce a sense of urgency in achieving those aims that the single-handed sailor has set within his own imagination and plan of action; be he a simple offshore sailor or a Jester Challenger in the making. We all dream about going to Sea, escaping the drudgery and setting forward sails towards new horizons. Read this book and those dreams will become reality. They did for me.
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