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The Last Time Around Cape Horn, The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir
by William F. Stark • Peter Stark (Introduction)
- HISTORY
- 2004
- PAPER
- 256 PAGES
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The unstinting memoir of the then 22-year-old rookie aboard the last commericial sailing voyage, a barley run between Australia and Europe. Stark, writing with the perspective of age, captures the thrill and import the golden age of sail. Most memorable is Stark's account of a 44-day slog in the waters below 44 degrees south. His son Peter, an adventurer and writer himself, contributes the epilogue.
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