Table of Contents

DAVID GOWDEY: Introduction1. CASTING OFFANN DAVISON: Working on a DreamBUCKMINSTER FULLER: Naming a SloopJOSHUA SLOCUM: Slocum Sets Sail for the AzoresROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: Steerage ScenesMICHAEL STADLER: The Psychological Situation at SeaRICHARD HENRY DANA: Rounding the CapeERNEST K. GANN: Song of the SirensRAYMOND CARVER: My BoatARTHUR HOPPE: Mutiny on La BoatFRANK MULVILLE: Girl Stella's Going2. CATCHING THE WINDPHILIP & BRIAN BACKMAN: BluenoseALEC WAUGH: Lipton's Last ChallengeWILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS: The YachtsTED TURNER & GARY JOBSON: The Racing EdgeDENNIS CONNER & PETER ISLER: Preparing to WinCRAIG NEFF: A Sea Dog Primes His GunsDUNCAN BRANTLEY: A Beauty's Second Launching3. COMING ABOUTRICHARD MUNSON: Cousteau, the PoetROBERT GOULD: How to Prepare for an Ocean VoyageCLARE FRANCIS: Woman AloneALFRED LANSING: EnduranceJACK LONDON: The High Seat of AbundanceSTEPHEN THOMAS: Ancient Navigators of the South SeasBERNARD MOITESSIER: Suicide Tack

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