The voyage of the Cormorant
"Christian Beamish envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors and a boat he built by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality and how the two came to shape each other places Voyag...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ventura, Calif. :
Patagonia,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | "Christian Beamish envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors and a boat he built by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality and how the two came to shape each other places Voyage of the Cormorant in the ... American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us"--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 323 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780980122763 0980122767 9781938340666 1938340663 |
| Author Notes: | Christian Beamish, the former associate editor of The Surfer's Journal, is a writer, surfer, sailor, dedicated boat builder and fisherman. He engaged all his skills during his travels on the Cormorant. He is a senior writer at Surfer magazine and continues to look for connections to his essential humanity in "full wilderness immersion surf travel." |
