#231 | The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss | Capt. J.C. Voss | Part 20
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40,000Nm, a circumnavigation of the world, completed double-handed, in a decked in, dug-out, red cedar canoe. The bare facts on the page already seem impossible.
There is only one sailor who holds a candle to Capt. Slocum, and that is Capt. Voss.
If you don’t know who that is, don’t worry, I didn’t know either until I read this book. Now, I can’t stop stop wondering how on earth he did what he did, and realizing once again, that modern sailing truly stands on the shoulders of giants.
I invite you to learn with me, the incredible story of one of the almost forgotten fathers of offshore sailing.
Often when I am reading books in the Mariner’s library I am also hearing the story for the first time myself- this book however, is different.
Shackleton’s escape from Antarctica is a story very well known to me and, to be blunt, has nourished my very soul in my darkest days at sea.
There is...
Published 11/18/24
Often when I am reading books in the Mariner’s library I am also hearing the story for the first time myself- this book however, is different.
Shackleton’s escape from Antarctica is a story very well known to me and, to be blunt, has nourished my very soul in my darkest days at sea.
There is...
Published 11/13/24