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9781550028539

Running Away to Sea

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  • ISBN13:

    9781550028539

  • ISBN10:

    1550028537

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-11-10
  • Publisher: Dundurn Pr Ltd
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Summary

At a turning point in his life, George Fetherling embarked on an adventure to sail round the world on one of the last of the tramp freighters. The four-month voyage carried him 30,000 nautical miles from Europe via the Panama Canal to the South Pacific & back by way of Singapore, Indonesia, the Indian Ocean, & Suez. Written with dash, colour, & droll humour, Fetherling's narrative is peopled by a rich cast of characters, from the Foreign Legionnaires of French Polynesia to the raskol gangs of Papua New Guinea. The author captures the reality of life aboard a working cargo ship -- the boredom, the seclusion, the differences of nationality & culture that isolation & cramped quarters seem to exaggerate. But the routine of loneliness or tranquillity is punctuated by moments of near-panic -- shipboard fires, furniture-smashing storms, even a brush with pirates in the Straits of Malacca.

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