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A joyous comparative study of two kindred spirits undertaken a lifetime apart, or a tale of two yachts and two couples.
In early summer 2015, following recent retirement, Barbara and Robert White left Plymouth, UK, on their elderly sailing yacht Zoonie, heading westwards to commence their circumnavigation. Eighty-seven years before them, in late summer 1928, recently married Erling and Julie Tambs left Ulvoysand, Norway, aboard their engineless retired pilot cutter Teddy, on a similarly westward route, to begin their cruise to the Pacific Islands.
Combining extracts from her blog, passages from Erling’s book The Cruise of the Teddy and an enthusiastic curiosity to learn more about the world, Barbara embarks on a magnificent journey across oceans, between cultures and through time, all the while reflecting on what it means – and takes – to commit oneself to such a challenging expedition afloat.
In the end, the fate of the two yachts is determined by the elements – that which no sailor, no matter how advanced their technology, can control – and the intervention and generosity of the people present when disaster strikes.
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