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This compelling biography details the life of Alan Villiers—distinguished sailor, prolific author, and gifted photographer—and the world he inhabited. Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1903, Villiers exhibited an intense fascination with the sea and sailing from an early age, embarking on his inaugural voyage at the age of 15. Subsequent sailing trips took him all over the world, including on a whaling expedition to the Antarctic and a harrowing journey from Australia to England, and provided Villiers with ample material to feed his other passion: journalism. Containing numerous never-before-published photographs, this account captures not only the heart and soul of Villiers, but also the rapid decline of the sailing age.
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Chasing the Horizon is a delightfully demented sea yarn which chronicles the life and times a modern cruising sailor. It is an outrageously funny, often touching, and continuously shocking look at the strange, watery-world of sea gypsies. “Cap’n Fatty Goodlander superbly conveys the emotion and mystery of sea voyaging, and his love for the family that voyages with him.” Martin Luray, senior editor, SAIL “He’s a classic story-teller in the tradition of P.J. O’Rourke, Art Buchwald, and Hunter Thompson…” Fritz Seyfarth, TALES OF THE CARIBBEAN
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32 Nations Sign-Up for Star Worlds
Registration for the 2008 Star Worlds has reached a record-breaking 32 nations. Hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club, the Star Worlds will make its debut in Miami for the first time.
Many of the teams heading for this Star Class regatta on Biscayne Bay will be representing their respective countries in the Summer Olympics. This is a competitive class as was evident at the Bacardi Cup which finished earlier this monnth. Not only did the Bacardi Cup end in a tie forcing a tiebreaker with the huge silver Bacardi Cups filled with Bacardi rum going to Portugal’s Afonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos, but there were five teams from five countries within 13 points of each other.
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