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The Ian Nicolson Trilogy (Paperback)
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The Ian Nicolson Trilogy (Paperback)
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Loot Price R423
Discovery Miles 4 230
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This trilogy tells how Ian Nicolson, yachtsman, naval architect and
author, joined a Canadian and a Norwegian to sail the 45-foot ketch
Maken from England via the Panama Canal to Vancouver, Canada. It
goes on to describe how Ian returned home from Vancouver: how he
hitch-hiked his way between Canada's east and west coasts, via
California; found the bare hull of a 30-foot, 6-inch yacht in a
shipyard at Chester, near Halifax; finished the building and
rigging of her in a few weeks with his own hands and the help of
the Stevens family and their small staff, and sailed her across the
Atlantic ocean and up the Channel to Weymouth without stopping. It
describes how Ian built the experimental ketch, the St Mary, with
his wife, Morag, and the help of their friends and neighbours, in
Scotland and achieved racing success. In this masterful telling,
with a wonderful economy of words, a modesty which will not deceive
the experienced reader, and useful drawings of constructional and
rigging details, Ian Nicolson brings the tales to life and takes
his audience along with him on his fascinating adventures.
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