Great Seamanship: Last Days of the Slocum Era

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Great Seamanship: Last Days of the Slocum Era

Knocked down, becalmed, grounded, and lost, Graham Cox’s attempt to sail from Australia to New Zealand in a 24-footer ends in near disasterFrom childhood, Graham Cox had dreamed of the ocean. Growing up in Durban, he’d spent his time hanging out near what was then called the International Jetty, where far-ranging yachts of all nations berthed to break their epic passages. Sometimes he’d pluck up courage and ‘make his number’, to be well received…