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Rounding the Horn
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2000 Feb 27, 7:12 PM
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2000 Feb 27, 7:12 PM
Paul Dahlgren writes: > Message text written by Navigation Mailing List > >Rick > S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 writes: > > > Again, I recommend reading Hal Roth or the account of Irving Johnson's > Tzu Hang pitchpoling for more perspective on the subject. < > > > Not to be picky, but Tzu Hang was sailed by Miles and Beryl Smeeton. John > Guzzwell (Trekka) was with them when they pitchpoled. Their book, "Once is > Enough" was reprinted in the early 90's, and should still be available. A > fantastic read. > > Paul Dahlgren Doh!!! I knew that. I did! Honest! It was ...er... a brain burp, that's what it was! [L] Thanks for setting the record straight. Didn't Johnson film rounding Cape Horn on "Peking" or is that another brain burp happening? Rick S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
