Voyage of the TradeWind - Couverture souple

Hamran, Harald M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1572161019 ISBN 13 : 9781572161016

Editeur : Penfield Books, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Harald says, “Our chances are slim, but no matter. It’s great to take chances when all things are against one.” These words were written in 1933 by Harald Hamran, who with his brother Hans was fighting in a deadly storm in the Bay of Biscay on their way from Norway to America in a 25-foot sailing vessel. Never before had anyone sought to cross the Atlantic in a boat that small. As navigational aids, the brothers had only a compass, charts, and the North Star. In Voyage of the TradeWind Harald Hamran tells the story of the voyage in his own words, handwritten daily in English as his logbook and diary of the voyage. The good...“How many tied-up slaves, rich and poor, would not envy us our live now?” And the bad...“It hurts...especially when admiring the silvery moon, and thinking of a dream girl ashore, to be rudely awakened by a flying fish in the eye.” When near Buffalo, New York, they listened to conversations among the groups on the bridges they passed: 1. “Across in that thing? Well, I’ll be damned.” 2. “You sure must have courage.” 3. “You must have pluck. We wish you all kinds of luck.” 4. “Is that the boat that came from Norway?” 5. “I wish I was a boy” (man)—from a group of women. The sea life, the people—especially the women, and the storms that they encountered on this journey are amazing. Voyage of the TradeWind makes you feel as though you are the third passenger on the sailboat. The Hamran brothers continued on to Chicago, Illinois, to attend the 1933 World’s Fair. Norway to America: 8,302 Miles in a 25-foot sailboat. Come along and join the journey with the Hamran brothers. The sailboat resides at Vesterheim The Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa.

Biographie de l'auteur :

I have always been an adventurer. My fifteenth birthday was spent in a sealer in the Arctic Ocean. After that (in 1911) I went to sea, and ran away from an English ship in Australia in 1913. In that country I was a hobo, a gold digger (in Kalgoorlie), a hunter, and a sailor, until I left there in October 1919. On my wanderings I have been to lots of strange and also famous places. I have gone on foot across Berthoud Pass in the rockies of Colorado in the middle of March (1920), have trapped in Northern Ontario (1920–21), have fished on the coast of British Columbia (1925), and have been in London, Paris, and New York. Such a nature as mine finds no peace, no satisfaction in a soft, comfortable life or in watching the clock—plugging away on a regular job. It does not seem real life to me. Far better to take chances with storm and difficulties even if life itself must be staked. I have always admired ships and boats. Even now I can stand for hours and enjoy the lines—the rigging—of a fine vessel, and go back day after day to the same place and do the same. A fine ship really lights my eye.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penfield Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1572161019
• ISBN 13: 9781572161016
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 77
• Illustrateur: Feske Esther, Cook Molly