Road to the Sea |
Contents
ONE How it all began | 1 |
TWO First voyage | 7 |
THREE A slow passage | 16 |
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abeam able aboard afternoon ahead alongside anchor anchorage arrived ashore atoll beach bilge blowing boat breeze canal Canal du Midi channel chart clear close coast cockpit couple course craft D'Vara dawn decided deck dinghy drifted engine entrance feet fish Guinea gybed half halyard harbour harbourmaster headed hoisted hour later hove-to hull island Islet Kalimnos keel knots Kondul Kyrenia lagoon land launch light look Lumut Madang Maldives Massawa mast miles minutes mizzen Moresby morning night noon north-west passage passed Phuket pilot planking port Port Moresby Port Sudan position prau Rabaul rain realised reef rigging round rowed sail seemed Seychelles shallow ship side sight slowly soon south-east south-west speed spinnaker squall starboard stay staysail stern stop Strait Symi tide tiller took vessel village waves weather wharf wind yacht