[Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat

[elle]

> Would YOU attempt a solo crossing of the south Pacific on a
> 29 foot boat 
> all for the sake of love?


Only if it had wings and "United" or "Quantas" emblazoned on the side.....

elle



We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:

> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 1:07 AM
> We're all sailors here, if you REALLY want an adventure
> trip story, read 
> Desperate Voyage.
> 

> 
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> > Elle,
> >
> > For a couple of good reads on a similar journey, read
> "Mississippi
> > Solo" by Eddie Harris and "Old Glory"
> by Jonathan Raban (an excellent
> > sailing author who also wrote "Passage to
> Juneau).  My favorite of all
> > river journeys remains "River Horse" by
> William Least Heat-Moon,
> > author of "Blue Highways".
> >