{"product_id":"9781907206665-down-to-the-sea-again","title":"Down to the Seas Again","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe post-war renaissance of voyaging under sail\u003cbr\u003eThe end of the Second World War released a pent-up desire among many to once more ply the seas independently under sail, still long before the prevalence of radio and electronic navigational aids. Some of the voyages described and illustrated were full of drama, others were simply (or perhaps not so simply) supremely competent feats of seamanship.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is about the generation of small boat sailors in Britain whose main achievements took place between 1945 and the mid 1960s. These included circumnavigations of the world as well as Atlantic crossings, and a variety of distances and destinations between. Some voyages were full of drama, others were simply (or perhaps not so simply) supremely competent feats of seamanship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll in one way or another pushed boundaries, even if few records were broken or indeed aimed at. In most cases the voyages were carried out without the glare of ­media attention, but to devotees of small boat sailing the names of the crews and boats still resonate powerfully: Eric and Susan Hiscock (\u003ci\u003eWanderer III\u003c\/i\u003e), Peter and Anne Pye (\u003ci\u003eMoonraker\u003c\/i\u003e), ­Adlard Coles (\u003ci\u003eCohoe\u003c\/i\u003e), Edward Allcard (­\u003ci\u003eTemptress \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSea Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e), Humphrey Barton ­(\u003ci\u003eVertue XXXV\u003c\/i\u003e), Stanley Smith, Colin Smith, and Charles Violet (\u003ci\u003eNova Espero\u003c\/i\u003e), George and ­Isabel Millar (\u003ci\u003eTruant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSerica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmokura\u003c\/i\u003e), Ann ­Davison (\u003ci\u003eFelicity Ann\u003c\/i\u003e), Patrick Ellam and Colin Mudie (\u003ci\u003eSopranino\u003c\/i\u003e), Miles and Beryl Smeeton (\u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e), John Guzzwell (\u003ci\u003eTrekka\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe experiences of these sailors conjure up a particular moment in the history of small boat voyaging. Most were born in the first two decades of the twentieth century and learned their sailing between the wars. Though several served in the Navy or related services, the war brought them a sudden enforced abstinence from pleasure sailing which stoked an appetite for a new start once the war was over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56732113895798,"sku":"9781907206665","price":26.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38808922.jpg?v=1764358163","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781907206665-down-to-the-sea-again","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}