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Initially Posted - 10/08/2005 :  00:57:52  Show Profile  Visit JaimeZX's Homepage
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... allow me to recommend in the strongest terms to you an excellent book which I have just finished.
<u>The Last Time around Cape Horn</u> by William F. Stark. (Amazon link: <font size="1">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786712333/qid=1128745382/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-1529420-9436852?v=glance& s=books& n=507846</font id="size1">

It is the very well-written story of the author's journey on the very last commercial sailing vessel to deliver cargo from Australia to England. I confess to smiling broadly at his description of climbing to the top of the <i>Pamir's </i>168 foot mainmast, high above nearly an acre of sail area - and coming close to tears at the end of the book (for a variety of reasons which I will leave for you to figure out for yourselves.)

It's not often that I recommend a book to others but this one is hard to put down and I guarantee it'll be worth your while.

Warm regards,

Jim

1972 Hobie 16
1975 Hobie 14
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