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smithclay ◴[02 Apr 25 17:39 UTC] No.43559199[source]▶

If you're interested in learning more about solo sailing voyages, the new non-fiction book "Sailing Alone: A Surprising History of Isolation and Survival at Sea" by Richard King is fascinating.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64645764-sailing-alone

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1. itbeho ◴[03 Apr 25 00:15 UTC] No.43563347[source]▶

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Also, John Guzzwell circumnavigated his self built 20 footer named Trekka from 1955 to 1959 and wrote a great book about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Guzzwell

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1037445.Trekka_Round_the_Wor...

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