Jul02
Claude Worth’s first voyages
Claude Worth’s book Yacht Cruising includes many
charming pen and ink drawings
Claude Worth became a legendary cruising yachtsman, but everyone has to start somewhere – and Worth’s description of sailing his first yacht in his legendary book Yacht Cruising is highly entertaining. Click on the thumbnails below for readable scans.
‘We who adventure on the sea, however humbly, cannot but feel that we are more fortunate than ordinary people, and that we have something which we could not tell nor they understand.’
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1 Comment »Cruising yachts, Culture: songs, stories, photography and art, Events, Locations, Restoration and repair, Small boats, Traditional carvel, Traditional clinker, Uncategorized, Working boats
Chris Partridge Jul 2nd 2009 at 10:41 am 1
“…with a younger brother and sister as ballast….”
Did their mother know? Perhaps we are too safety-conscious these days, but I think even Arthur ‘if not duffers won’t drown’ Ransome might have drawn the line at a child with no sailing experience taking the entire family sailing in a boat he had built himself from odd bits of wood and cloth.