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    Moitessier, A Sailing Legend: Book Review

    Bernard Moitessier, the sailor who might have won the first around-the-world-solo race but abandoned the attempt while leading, also abandoned his wife and children for idleness in the South Pacific, ...

    Rick Smeriglio
    December 1, 2005
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    Roar’s Circle: Book Review

    Assemble a band of motivated landlubbers, give them broadaxes and Danish oak, and pay them to build a replica of an 11th century Viking cargo ship heaved up from the bottom of a fjord. The resulting n...

    Rick Smeriglio
    December 1, 2005
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    Treacherous Waters: Book Review

    Armchair sailors and northerners who anticipate a winter lay-up take heart. While enjoying a cup of something hot, you can hear the percussive smack of wave on rock, see bananas in the rigging, and sm...

    Rick Smeriglio
    October 1, 2003
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    Intrepid Voyagers: Book Review

    Armchair sailors and northerners who anticipate a winter lay-up take heart. While enjoying a cup of something hot, you can hear the percussive smack of wave on rock, see bananas in the rigging, and sm...

    Rick Smeriglio
    October 1, 2003
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