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AvastMark
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Re: The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby

10/01/2008 16:12

I'll second that...and some wonderful photos. He produced a companion book which is bigger (A4 size) and full of photo's taken during the trip. Sorry, can't remember what it's called, stumbled across it in our local library.

You may also like:
The Brassbounder by David W. Bone
In Deep by Frank Baines
The Cape Horn Breed by William H.S. Jones

All accounts of the authors' first trip as an apprentice in sail (Brassbounder) aboard square rigged trading vessels at the start of the last century, as sail was being replaced by steam.

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The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby	grub	09/01/2008 13:25
Re: The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby	doug748	11/01/2008 18:03
Re: The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby	Spuddy	06/03/2008 01:12
Re: The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby	AvastMark	10/01/2008 16:12
Re: The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby	Skysail	10/01/2008 16:34
Re: The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby	grub	10/01/2008 20:25

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