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Very Good in Good jacket. New York: John De Graff, 1969. 1st printing of USA edition. Square and unmarked. Map endpapers. 214pp. Photos. Jacket is good only, price-clipped, lightly rubbed, with some pale dampstaining to lower edge back panel. Sailing Tsu Hang along Japan, the Aleutians, Alaska, British Columbia, then down the west coast of North America, through the Panama Canal to Jamaica, and up the East Coast clear to Nova Scotia, before hoisting anchor to Newfoundland, on to Iceland and across the Atlantic to eventually make landfall on the Hebrides. The inimitable Smeetons, Miles and Beryl, charged all around globe and this is just one of their adventures. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
I have read several of Miles Smeeton's cruising accounts. This book is typical of his style which gives the reader an interesting blend of information on sailing techniques, cruising grounds, and people that he and his wife meet along their way. While a mature man, his sense of exploration, wonder and enjoyment of nature comes through on every page. Tthey travelled with understated physical effort to many remote places which for them before the age of jet travel was even more valued. His navigation into so many tricky places has the respect of any experienced sailor. Perhaps above all, Miles' sense of calm assurance floats through the whole story. A good read.