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Seamanship - by Adam Nicolson (Paperback)

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  • From Land's End to Cape Clear, past Roaringwater Bay and Cod's Head, on past Inishvickillane and Inishtooskert, up through the Hebrides, to Orkney and on to the Faeroes stretches the richest and wildest coastline in Europe.
  • Author(s): Adam Nicolson
  • 192 Pages
  • Sports + Recreation, Sailing

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About the Book



From the author of "God's Secretaries" comes a thrilling sailing saga of a 42-foot ketch among the islands of Ireland and Scotland and the tensions that develop between skipper and crew on a stormy and dangerous trip. Map.



Book Synopsis



From Land's End to Cape Clear, past Roaringwater Bay and Cod's Head, on past Inishvickillane and Inishtooskert, up through the Hebrides, to Orkney and on to the Faeroes stretches the richest and wildest coastline in Europe. Adam Nicolson decided to sail this coast in the Auk, a 42-foot wooden ketch, embarking on a 1,500-mile voyage through what he hoped would be a sequence of revelatory landscapes. He was not disappointed.

Seamanship is more than a travel journal. It describes an inner journey as much as an outer one--disasters and discoveries, powerful landscapes and modern visionaries, and encounters with the animals living on the wild edge of the Atlantic. Above all, it is about the gaps that open up between those who go and those who stay at home.

Seamanship, in the end, is not about the sea. It's about being alive.



Review Quotes




"An odyssey of island hopping and psychic exploration." -- --Kirkus Reviews

"A superb book, as wise as it is beautiful." -- --Bernard Cornwell

"A dazzling triumph--a profound and magical account of a voyage along the wild edges of the British coast." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award

"A genuinely intriguing, thoughtful work." -- --Mail on Sunday


Dimensions (Overall): 7.96 Inches (H) x 5.36 Inches (W) x .46 Inches (D)
Weight: .34 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Sports + Recreation
Sub-Genre: Sailing
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: Adam Nicolson
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2007
TCIN: 54268189
UPC: 9780060753443
Item Number (DPCI): 248-40-1973
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.46 inches length x 5.36 inches width x 7.96 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.34 pounds
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