{"id":1365,"date":"2017-07-18T10:53:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T02:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfendenpublishing.com\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2017-08-28T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T02:49:10","slug":"an-inspirational-account-of-sailing-the-high-seas-and-being-at-the-mercy-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wolfendenpublishing.com\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"An Inspirational Account Of Sailing The High Seas And Being At The Mercy Of Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN INSPIRATIONAL ACCOUNT OF SAILING THE HIGH SEAS AND BEING AT THE MERCY OF NATURE
\nBy Tony Waltham
\nBangkok Post Staff<\/p>\n

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This book that Tony mentions, The Last Voyage, is out of print.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I must say that I really enjoyed “re-reading” this latest edition about the travels of the schooner Third Sea and I found that the enhancements over “The Last Voyage” — which I had read some 17 years earlier — made for a smoother read. And as ever, it is enlightening and inspiring! This new book is The Voyages of Schooner Third Sea.<\/p>\n

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This is the second book tony talk about, The Voyages of Schooner Third Sea.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harold Stephens’ writing captures the emotions of being at sea and being at the mercy of nature vividly and accurately, I should say — based on my brief venture with him on the Third Sea. Back in the early 1970s I had sailed on this schooner’s maiden voyage from Bangkok to Pattaya and then on down to the far south of the Gulf Thailand — an experience that I still treasure.<\/p>\n

This voyage had also fulfilled a desire that had been inspired in me when I had been a teenager. To explain, my dentist in Richmond, England at that time had been Bill Howell (“Tahiti Bill”, whom Harold Stephens mentions in this book). I should add that I really looked forward to my visits to see my dentist then since, while checking out my dentures, he would regale me with tales of his adventures. And of course I had read his book about single-handedly sailing around he world as well, which he had loaned me (but, unfortunately, is no longer in print).<\/p>\n

I also read other accounts of sailing the world single-handedly back then and had a mind to do this myself, although I had reservations as to whether I could manage all the disciplines (probably not!).<\/p>\n

But, certainly it helped to inspire me to travel the world and to head off on an overland trip which took me to Bangkok in 1970 — where I settled down and still live.<\/p>\n

\"\"Harold Stephens’ description of Tahiti in the early days is also very accurate, as I recall. In 1971 I had the privilege to visit Papeete while travelling on an inaugural Air France flight from Tokyo, Japan to Lima, Peru and still today I can recall vividly being in Quinn’s Bar and experiencing its vibrancy.<\/p>\n

This book brought some great memories back to me with Harold Stephens’ vivid — but ultimately tragic — account. Indeed, it is books such as this that can inspire others to follow in the author’s wake, to travel the world and to fulfil their dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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