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Books : Ocean-crossing WayfarerIn association with Amazon.com EAN: 9780715373712 ISBN: 0715373714 Label: David & Charles PLC Manufacturer: David & Charles PLC Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: May 26, 1977 Publisher: David & Charles PLC Studio: David & Charles PLC Sales Rank: 1623768 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This classic sea story recounts Frank Dye's intrepid voyages in his open 16ft Wayfarer Dinghy to Iceland and Norway, which must rank among the most hazardous sea adventures of our time. Encountering the gamut of weather, such is Frank Dye's seamanship that he and his crew survived gales of up to force 9, capsizing, and a broken mast, finally arriving to a safe Scandinavian welcome. It is a hair-raising unforgettable narrative in which we glimpse Frank's gifted boat-handling skills and his instinct for survival. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Bible for Dinghy CruisersThis book is simply an outstanding example of what can be done in a well designed sailing dinghy like the British built Wayfarer or the Canadian copy of the CL 16. This book is a wealth of information that can be referenced by any dinghy sailor on the cottage lake or for those who dare poke their bows past the mouth of the harbour. Rating: - adventure microcruising delight!i'm sad to see no one else has reviewed this book, so though it's been a while since i read it & my copy is lost in storage somewhere, i'll try to do this fine little story the justice it deserves: In this fast-reading autobiographical story our author Frank, in his younger days, enlists a young naval student for an ambitious foul-weather sail from England to Iceland in a 13' open dinghy. In the small but rich genre of dinghy cruising (which in the spirit modernity, i hereby rename "microcruising"), ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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