Southseaman 4 & First Spinnaker Hoist

After voyaging from Canada to the UK with a separate crew, CSM sailed the 80ft Gran Mistral 'Weddell'', single-handedly from Southampton to Reykjavik, Iceland. There he met a new crew. After sail repairs, provisioning and safety training, the crew set sail for St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada; 1700Nm away.
It was September and heavy weather was expected.
What we got was a 'Super Storm'.
Follow that back story in this playlist:
• UK to Iceland- Sailing...
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#256 | 'The Southseaman' | Weston Martyr | Part 3
After reading so many sailing books from the past 120 years I am starting to recognize certain authors who I had never heard of before starting the Mariner's Library who were giants within the sailing community a life time ago.
One of the most commonly referenced authors from the first half of the 20th century has to be Weston Martyr, and the book everyone compliments is 'The Southseaman'.
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[@BOOMERANGSAILING]

Love the on the water video shots. Thanks for sharing. Another great video with thoughtful insight and educational information.

[@CSMtheMariner]

Many thanks - happy to be of service:)

[@E12_Sterling]

Your narration is of surprising and pleasant fluidity!

[@CSMtheMariner]

Thank you! I'm really trying to perfect the audiobook format- hopefully you have found the Mariner’s Library podcast where you can listen to these older books in a serialized format fine days a week :)