Captain Bungle's Odyssey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Captain Bungle's Odyssey write by Paddy Macklin. This book was released on 2014-02. Captain Bungle's Odyssey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Paddy Macklin, a self-taught sailor, decided to sail around the world in the smallest boat possible, single-handed, and hopefully, without stopping. He survived, sailing the Southern Oceans in winter and rounding both southernmost capes in the world, but by the skin of his teeth. His extraordinary little craft, "Tessa" was knocked down several times in the Southern Ocean and completely rolled twice. "In the space of about 40 seconds I was thrown out of my bunk onto the ceiling (deckhead) then back to my bunk again...throughout the time I spent upside down, the most noticeable thing was the complete silence". It was the damage done by these two 360 degree knockdowns that forced Paddy and Tessa to break their journey in New Zealand, pulling into Timaru where sailing friends towed them into port, and helped piece together the shattered sailor and his little craft. As Paddy noted, "It's not the huge seas that damage a strong, well-found yacht; it's the breaking tops of the seas - several tons of very fast-moving water - that present the greatest danger. Throughout his sojourn, Paddy was able to communicate twice a week with family back in England and this has been diarised and interspersed with the Captain's log thus giving a more personal insight into the character of Tessa's captain, how terrorised he was by the gigantic seas, how pleased he was to make friends with dolphins, birds, and whales, how wonderful it was to sight land, and how he managed to remain sane during an odyssey that few of us would ever dream of undertaking. It's a brave - or perhaps mad - person who would pit his strength against the might of nature. Paddy is one of the few.
Hellhound On His Trail
Hellhound On His Trail - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hellhound On His Trail write by Hampton Sides. This book was released on 2010-04-27. Hellhound On His Trail available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for King’s assassin that would lead them across two continents—from the author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. With a blistering, cross-cutting narrative that draws on a wealth of dramatic unpublished documents, Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers, delivers a non-fiction thriller in the tradition of William Manchester's The Death of a President and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. With Hellhound On His Trail, Sides shines a light on the largest manhunt in American history and brings it to life for all to see. With a New Afterword
Winter in Fireland
Winter in Fireland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Winter in Fireland write by Nicholas Coghlan. This book was released on 2012-08-15. Winter in Fireland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier adventures in Patagonia when, taking time off from his job as a schoolteacher in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s, he and Jenny explored the region of southern Argentina and Chile over three successive summers. This time, as they negotiate the labyrinth of channels and inlets around snow-covered Fireland, he reflects on voyages of past explorers: Magellan, Cook, Darwin, and others. Sailing enthusiasts and readers of true adventures will want to add Coghlan's world-wise narrative to their libraries.
Australia the Hard Way
Australia the Hard Way - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Australia the Hard Way write by David Pyle. This book was released on 1972-01-01. Australia the Hard Way available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Australian Geographic
Australian Geographic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Australian Geographic write by . This book was released on 2005. Australian Geographic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
