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  • The Log of the Viper

    Series series Adventures in Travel
    Excerpted from "Cruises in Small Yacht and Big Canoes", The Log of the Viper describes in vivid detail the adventures of an English gentleman sailor and his plucky companions cruising the south coast of England in 1883 in a 20 foot sailboat. This text provides a unique insight into the birth of small boat sailing and cruising as a sport for the middle class and not the elite few. Extensive lively ... Read more

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  • The Logs of the Watersnake and Water Rat

    Series series Adventures in Travel
    He didn't cross oceans or battle mighty storms, but H. Fiennes Speed's Log of the "Watersnake" and "Water Rat" provides a vivid look the birth of small boat sailing as a sport in Victorian England. The author and his companions take their 16 foot sailing canoe on cruises to Holland, along the south coast of England, and up the Thames. The text is further enhanced with many lively woodcut ... Read more

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  • Death on the Barrens

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