
A Tale of Two Yachts
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A joyous comparative study of two kindred voyages undertaken a lifetime apart.
In early summer 2015, following recent retirement, Barbara and Robert White left Plymouth, UK, on their elderly sailing yacht Zoonie, heading westwards to commence their circumnavigation. Eighty-seven years before them, in late summer 1928, recently married Erling and Julie Tambs left Ulvøysund, Norway, aboard their engineless, retired pilot cutter Teddy, on a similarly westwards route, to begin their cruise to the Pacific Islands.
Both couples rose to the demanding challenges of short-handed sailing and at the same time enjoyed and learnt from the new places and people they encountered on their travels. But the very different times in which they lived determined their status as circumnavigators, the knowledge and instruments they could rely upon, the places they visited and ultimately the outcome of their voyages.
Combining extracts from her blog, passages from Erling's book The Cruise of the Teddy and an enthusiastic curiosity to learn more about the world, Barbara embarks on a magnificent journey across oceans, between cultures and through time. From the highs of being welcomed to new lands with open arms and experiencing indigenous customs and traditions first-hand to the lows of devastating earthquakes and near-fatal misfortune, A Tale of Two Yachts offers an insight to lands and lives afar, all the while reflecting on what it means - and takes - to commit oneself to such a challenging expedition afloat.
In the end, the fate of the two yachts is determined by the elements - that which no sailor, no matter how advanced their technology, can control - and the intervention and generosity of the people present when disaster strikes.
While a tale of two yachts, this is at heart a tale of two couples, with a shared love for life and for the sea.
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Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 The Blazing Beaches of A Coruña
Chapter 2 Costa da Morte
Chapter 3 Three Spanish Rias
Chapter 4 West Coast of Spain and Portugal
Chapter 5 To the Canary Islands
Chapter 6 The Cape Verdes for Christmas
Chapter 7 The Atlantic Crossing
Chapter 8 Guadeloupe
Chapter 9 Curaçao Bound
Chapter 10 Curaçao
Chapter 11 Westwards to Panama
Chapter 12 The Panama Canal by Night
Chapter 13 Parallel Panama Lives
Chapter 14 The Hidden Jewels of Las Perlas
Chapter 15 Like a Bat out of Hell to Bahía
Chapter 16 Guayaquil to the Amazon
Chapter 17 Earthquakes, The Incas and Melted Gold
Chapter 18 Machu Picchu
Chapter 19 Back in Post-Earthquake Bahía
Chapter 20 Zoonie and Teddy head into the South Pacific
Chapter 21 Our Second Ocean Crossing
Chapter 22 Arrival in the Marquesas
Chapter 23 Hiva Oa: the Spectacled Isle
Chapter 24 Tahiti
Chapter 25 Two Brisk Voyages to Mo'orea
Chapter 26 To Bora Bora via Taha'a
Chapter 27 Life Over the Reef around Bora Bora
Chapter 28 Nestling on Niue
Chapter 29 Tonga
Chapter 30 The Dancers of Vava'u
Chapter 31 A Gradual Departure from Tonga
Chapter 32 North Minerva Reef
Chapter 33 South to New Zealand
Chapter 34 The Great Earthquake
Chapter 35 A Sleepy Skipper for the Tauranga Race
Chapter 36 Zoonie's Crew Tours New Zealand
Chapter 37 Circuiting the South Island
Chapter 38 Riches of the North-West Coast
Chapter 39 Disaster Strikes
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
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