Voyages of a Simple Sailor - Softcover

Roger D Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955803500 ISBN 13: 9780955803505

Publisher: The FitzRoy Press, 2008

Synopsis

Aged just 23, and already set on a life of adventure, Roger Taylor signed up as an able seaman on the square-rigger Endeavour II, bound for New Zealand. The voyage turned into a terrifying ordeal as the ship was caught in a tropical storm. Embayed between two headlands the ship was driven towards a hostile lee shore. The Endeavour II finally struck land in horrific conditions at one in the morning. There seemed little chance of survival... Following this formative experience, Roger resolved that from then on he would ever only go to sea on his own terms, single-handed and in easily manageable yachts. He built the 19' Roc and twice crossed the Tasman Sea in her - the smallest craft then to have made the crossing. Roger continued to develop his ideas on the importance of simplicity in ocean voyaging and sailed his 21' junk-rigged Corribee Mingming in the first Jester Challenge. This was a voyage of calms, frustrations and mature reflection.

About this edition

• Publisher: The FitzRoy Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0955803500
• ISBN 13: 9780955803505
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272