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Encounters of a Wayward Sailor
Encounters of a Wayward Sailor | Tristan Jones
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From the acclaimed teller of such classic yarns as A STEADY TRADE, THE INCREDIBLE VOYAGE, and HEART OF OAK, ENCOUNTERS OF A WAYWARD SAILOR is wonderful collection of true stories from one of the great storytellers of the sea. Drawing on experiences from a lifetime at sea, Tristan Jones uses his acute powers of observation and his gift with for telling tales to transport us aboard boats struggling through savage gales, sweltering through parched calms, and sliding down the trade winds through beautiful, phosphorescent seas. With a special poignancy and his unique, wry sense of humor, Jones brings back to life people--like sailing adventurer Bill Tilman, long-distance voyager Bernard Moitessier, and pioneering woman sailor Clare Francis--as well as the places and boats lost to time. He recalls his favorite ports, his treasured cities, and his most memorable voyages.
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#belated #bookreport from #hiselderliness Attempted to take him to vote today (NZ has elections this week) but too hard in the rain with walking sticks so we‘ll try again later.

“These are both very interesting. Anyone who wants to know more about sailing would learn something from this. I don‘t know how the guy lost his legs though. He had legs at the start of the book. They made a great contraption to help him sail again” ⬇️

Centique “The second one was very interesting. A true story. There was a plane crash in the snow. It was only a few days though. They couldn‘t have survived the cold for more than a few days” 4y
LeahBergen Yesss! 😆 More reviews, please! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Centique @LeahBergen 😂😂 I‘ll try telling him he has fans but I don‘t think he gets that people use apps/the internet to talk to each other! (edited) 4y
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Cathythoughts Say thanks to His Elderliness for his thoughts XX 4y
Cinfhen He‘s amazing!! Just a regular reading machine 🙌🏻 ❤️ 4y
Bookwormjillk Love his reviews 👏👏👏 4y
Clare-Dragonfly Hahaha! Love his comments about the guy losing his legs! 😂 4y
rabbitprincess Glad he liked Into the Abyss! It was so good I had to buy my own copy after reading it from the library. 4y
Reggie His Elderliness❤️. 4y
Centique @rabbitprincess I‘m going to put it on my TBR 😍 4y
Reggie I just read a little article about Jacinda Arden winning again and thought of you-“We will govern as we campaigned: positively with optimism about our future. Now more than ever is the time to keep going, to keep working, to grab hold of the opportunities that lay in front of us. Let's keep moving." She sounds lovely. Fingers crossed for us. 4y
Centique @Reggie yes it was a solid win for her party for sure. They have the leverage now to do more - mostly around climate change, social welfare improvements I think. Fingers crossed for you guys. Such a lot that needs to be healed and fixed. 🤞🤞🤞 4y
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