In 1969, while serving in the Peace Corp in Central America, Phil Hoysradt and Spencer Beebe decided to build a boat. Starting with the idea of a big, dugout canoe, it evolved into building a 32-foot Tahiti Ketch from blueprints bought for five dollars from Popular Mechanics magazine. This book tells the story of Peregrin Took, from the many challenges of building a boat on a beach in Costa Rica to, ultimately, sailing west around the world.
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In 1969, while serving in the Peace Corp in Central America, Phil Hoysradt and Spencer Beebe decided to build a boat. Starting with the idea of a big, dugout canoe, it evolved into building a 32-foot Tahiti Ketch from blueprints bought for five dollars from Popular Mechanics magazine. This book tells the story of Peregrin Took, from the many challenges of building a boat on a beach in Costa Rica to, ultimately, sailing west around the world.
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Phil Hoysradt and Spencer Beebe literally built the Tahiti ketch on a beach in Puntarenas Costa Rica beginning in 1969 until they set sail westward in 1971. Ultimately the Peregin Took made it back to Gloucester Mass after traveling around the world. This book documents the journey of a lifetime from the boat building challenges in Central America to traveling the high seas westward to Oceania, Australia, the Middle East, Mediterranean and finally to the USA.
