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A Mirror Odyssey from North Wales to the Black Sea.
This delightful true story about a dinghy adventure will gladden the spirit of any cruising and dinghy sailor.
Jack de Crow is the Mirror dinghy, named by the author after a departed pet bird. A couple of quiet week’s sailing on the river Severn river in Britain was the author’s original intention – however “somehow things got out of hand”, as he puts it, and a year later he had reached Romania in the Black Sea and was still going!
Equipped with cheerful optimism and a pith helmet – possibly in lieu of a passport! – this “Odysseus-in-a-dinghy” takes the reader with him from the borders of north Wales to the Black Sea: 4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, under sail, oars or at the end of a tow rope. His travels passed through twelve countries, 282 locks and encountered numerous trials and adventures, including and encounter with Balkan pirates.
This is a first hand account of an epic voyage, undertaken with courage, and recounted with flair and humour. The writing is excellent – perhaps to be expected from a teacher of English!
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