Learning the Ropes: An Apprentice on the Last of the Windjammers by Eric Newby
Learning the Ropes: An Apprentice on the Last of the Windjammers

Eric Newby

Learning the Ropes: An Apprentice on the Last of the Windjammers

Eric Newby

144 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction travel challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
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In 1938, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the Finnish four-masted barque "Moshulu for a 'round-the-world' voyage transiting between Europe and Australia. It was the toughest imaginable introduction to the sailor's life. Few of the crew spo...

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