Rough Passage

ROUGH PASSAGE

COMMANDER R.D. GRAHAM

Being the narrative of the first single-handed voyage to Newfoundland, Labrador, and Bermuda in the seven ton yacht Emanuel and the subsequent return to England with a soldier crew. During the voyage he encountered hurricanes, food poisoning and many challenges in a small engineless gaff cutter long before the days of GPS. Rough Passage This voyage is one of the most remarkable and adventurous small boat voyages of modern times. Commander Graham won the Blue Water medal of the Cruising Club of America in 1939.In this new edition there is previously unpublished information about the eight year, twelve thousand hour restoration of Emanuel carried out by Rough Passage Robert Holden faithfully restoring her to her original state. Also included is Helen's account of their trip to the Faeroe Islands in 1929 described as the most out-of the -way archipelago in the world.Foreword by Maldwin Drummond and an Afterword by Captain Ian Tew, Commander Graham's grandson who followed in his wake.

216 x 138 mms • 224 pages Illus • ISBN 0 9547062 4 2 • Price: £12.95 pbk

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