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Sail Magazines Top 40 Sailors who made a Difference–2010- Citation – As America's first couple of cruising, Lin and Larry have inspired countless sailors. Yachting Monthly – 25 Cruising Heroes Only non-British sailors chosen. March 2012; Seven Seas Cruising Association – SSCA Award for contributions to the sailing community October 2015
Cunliffe learnt how to sail in a 22 ft gaff sloop as a teenager on the Norfolk Broads. [2] After studying law at university, he chose not to enter the profession and effectively ran away to sea instead. [3] He has worked as mate on a coasting merchant vessel and skippered private yachts as well as having been a delivery and charter skipper.
Uffa Fox CBE (15 January 1898 – 26 October 1972) was an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast, responsible for a number of innovations in boat design. Not afraid of courting controversy or causing offense, he is remembered for his eccentric behaviour and pithy quotes, as much as for his original boat designs. [1]
Tristan Jones at book signing, Annapolis Sailboat Show 1987. Arthur Jones, pen name Tristan Jones (8 May 1929 – 21 June 1995) [1] was a British mariner and author. He spent most of his life at sea, first in the British Royal Navy, and then sailing in small yachts for various purposes, including self-appointed adventure trips.
Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834.
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
Salt-Water Poems and Ballads is a book of poetry on themes of seafaring and maritime history by British future Poet Laureate John Masefield.It was first published in 1916 by Macmillan, with illustrations by Charles Pears.
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