MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Along the Clipper Way / edited by Francis Chichester.

By: Chichester, Francis, Sir, 1901-1972 [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton, [1966]Copyright date: ©1966Description: 256 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Seafaring life | Clipper shipsDDC classification: 910.45
List(s) this item appears in: Dr. Raymond Fielding Collection

The clipper Way -- Halycyon sailing -- Singlehanders -- The Doldrums and the line -- Trade Winds and variables -- The dreaded scurvy -- Speed -- Ice and storms -- Mammels against molluscs -- The romantic landfall -- Across the Tasmin Sea -- High winds and rough seas around New Zealand -- Running down the Easting -- The Southern Ocean -- Cape Horn -- Little ships double the Horn -- Survival -- The South Atlantic -- Ships' pets -- Luck and navigation -- The great clipper race.

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