Duffers on the Deep by Winifred Brown A cruising classic. A novice skipper and crew take a small boat from North Wales to Norway and Spitsbergen just before the Second World War. Honest about their inexperience, Winifred Brown's narrative is a well-told tale. ISBN 978-0-9575549-3-1 |
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The Galeā¦
We went on; the weather got worse and worse. Even if Perula could go on, her crew could not; we were both completely exhausted and sat in miserable silence. At first I tried to make bright conversation; it sounded inane. As wave after wave crashed on the wheelhouse I began to wonder what we should do if it carried away, how we should block up the hole. Then I realised that if the wheelhouse went we should probably go with it. "It is finish," I thought. "It canāt hold much longer." |
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