Small Boat Voyages
Blue water sailing is now in its 22nd year of publication and reaches readers across north america and around the world. the magazine was founded by george and rosa day, who spent five years sailing and cruising their mason 43 ketch on a west-about circumnavigation.. The voyage of the james caird was a small-boat journey from elephant island in the south shetland islands to south georgia in the southern atlantic ocean, a distance of 1,300 km (800 mi). undertaken by sir ernest shackleton and five companions,. Small boats, simple voyages sailing, for many good reasons, tends to be regarded by many as a complicated and expensive pastime. but it needn’t be. small simple boats can afford pleasure and gratification out of all proportion to their cost. and small gentle voyages can generate as much joy and satisfaction as long adventurous ones..
Hat tip to volkscruiser for putting this in my inbox.. i had a delightful opportunity to run into a recent usna grad who is also doing the “finished the academy, heading to charleston for nuclear training, living on a sailboat gig.”. Famous small boats this page is dedicated to all the small boat adventurers who have inspired us and who have given us confidence to take our own much smaller trips aboard little cruiser. thanks goes to everyone who sent us pictures and information.. The boat: a 1987 pacific seacraft dana 24 named sockdolager (pronounced sock-doll-a-jur). the name came from an old 1800s word no longer in use, meaning something really outstanding, as in a knockout, as in "that was a real sockdolager!"sockdolager rapids in the grand canyon is also a real knockout, and jim, being a whitewater rafter, liked the name..
