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"Unique among books of maritime adventure." - Times Literary Supplement "They are the first people ever to return alive to tell the story of a boat being somersaulted....And they certainly make fascinating company for a reader with his eyes on the heights of human endeavour." - Sunday Times Jonathan Raban, Series Editor, says this about The Sailor's Classics: "After nearly two hundred years, the literature of small-boat voyaging is enormous. It is the function of The Sailor's Classics to recognize and celebrate the small number of truly important books in this library. Some have been chosen because the voyages they describe are themselves of unignorable merit; some because the sheer brilliance of their writing demands their inclusion. Most combine in equal parts serious nautical interest with literary excellence. These are books whose vigor has not dimmed with the passage of time, whose voice is as alive and meaningful now as it was on their first publication - the books that should be essential reading for every literate sailor. It is from the interweaving of discovery, emotion, adventure, peril, and repose that the pattern of sailing literature is made, and we shall do our best to honor each and every one in our selection of the best books ever written about life aboard small boats at sea.
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In late December 1956, the 46-foot wooden ketch Tzu Hang sailed from Melbourne, Australia, bound for England by way of Cape Horn. Aboard were Miles Smeeton; his wife, Beryl; and their friend John Guzzwell. At that time only a very few small sailboats had ever rounded Cape Horn, and none had sailed as far south as the route the Tzu Hang followed from Australia, just north of the Antarctic iceberg limit. Mountaineers as well as sailors, the Smeetons epitomized the adventurous spirit of the postwar years. Raban's introduction to pays homage to this fine story and explores its genesis. Miles Smeeton had been an officer in the British army in World War II and was among the many British veterans who could not adjust to home and career after the war. Unlike so many others whose marriages fell apart, however, he found that his wife's wanderlust and love of adventure exceeded his own.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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The Smeetons were a sailing couple of incredible fortitude and capability, here accompanied by the now famous shipwright and solo circumnavigator: John Guzzwell. This is Brigadier (DSO) Smeeton's account of two dimasting incidents whilst off Chile heading eastward for the Horn in the fifties on board 'Tzu Hang' the now mythical wooden Bermudan ketch. An account of Guzzwell's amazing improvisation skills under extreme adversity and Beryl's toughness and endurance. These three people epitomise the finest in fortitude, ingenuity and bravery. Every blue water yachting book of worth lauds these remarkable people and cites this tale in particular. Sheer inspiration.
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A Classic of its genre, and essential reading for blue-water cruisers, especially those who would venture to the high southern latitudes. I suspect the main point of interest would be the remarkable pitch-poling event close to Cape Horn that nearly put paid to Miles and his hardy wife Beryl. Cause and effect are covered in full detail. All in all a fine, gripping adventure and a fine read, whether for for real sailors or those of the armchair variety.
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You would think that pitch-poling or somersaulting in a yacht end over end might not be much fun and then going on to sail thousands of miles through the toughest seas in the world under jury rig might just crack up your biscuits but for Brigadier Smeeton and his indomitable first mate Beryl, and master matlow John Guzzwell, it's a stroll in the park. If there ever was any great in Great Britain it's these kind of people who put it there. An amazing salty tale and a manual in praise of self-reliance and courage. Come on let's get a tall masted brigantine and just take off!
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