A SPECK ON THE SEA: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels

by William Longyard

Overview

"A gripping compendium of noteworthy small-boat voyages made over the centuries."

--John Harland, author of Seamanship in the Age of Sail

A Speck on the Sea chronicles the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest boats. These feats include:

• Diego Mendez's voyage to rescue Columbus
• William Okeley's escape from slavery in a folding rowboat
• Ernest Shackleton's death-cheating journeys
• And more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071460095
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/21/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

William H. Longyard (Winston-Salem, NC) has paddled, rowed, and sailed small boats for 25 years. A high school English teacher, he has published several books and written articles for boating journals.

Table of Contents

Introduction 63 A.D. - Sixteenth Century / The Fogbound Past Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Two Desperate Escapes 1865 - 1876 / Victorian Venturers 1876 - 1900 / The Paths of Glory 1900 - 1920 / A World to Conquer 1920 - 1930s / Lovers and Other Losers The 1940s / Big Feat, Little Notice The 1950s / Goofy and Gallant The 1960s / Doing Your Own Thing The 1970s / The Pursuit of Happiness The 1980s / The Golden Decade The 1990s / Records and Redux The New Millennium / New Faces and Old To Sea or Not to Sea / Conclusion Appendix / Rowers and Other Strangers Appendix / Other Notable Voyages Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index