Category: Canoes

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From Christiana to Stockholm, 1908, pages 92 to 125: ‘The wind was backing and we were able to sail the rest of the way into Mariestad. We set full sail at first, but the wind and the sea were a little too strong and the Moth after a bit began to put her nose into it more than was healthy, so we reduced sail by furling the mizzen up along its mast, an untidy but simple and quick method.’

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From Christiana to Stockholm, 1908, pages 54 to 91: ‘Macgregor, the originator of the Rob Roy canoe, had taken his canoe from Christiana to Stockholm in 1866, but of the 470 miles of his journey he had, as a matter of fact, done only about 190 of actual canoeing, the rest was railway and steamer travelling. We decided to see if we could not make a rather better job of it…’

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Around Lake Wener, 1907, pages 30 to 53: ‘After lunch Bill started out in the Bee to see how she behaved in the heavy sea. I was not going to be beaten, so I followed, though I was horribly frightened. It was only annoyance at the thought that his boat was more seaworthy than mine that drove me to it, and I was quite convinced that I was going to disaster, but as a matter of fact I managed all right.’

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