Mischief in Patagonia: An Intolerable Deal of Sea, One Halfpennyworth of Mountain

Mischief in Patagonia: An Intolerable Deal of Sea, One Halfpennyworth of Mountain
ISBN-10
1909461164
ISBN-13
9781909461161
Series
Mischief in Patagonia
Pages
204
Language
English
Published
2015-09-01
Author
H. W. Tilman

Description

Well past her prime, 45-foot pilot cutter Mischief carried H.W. Tilman, along with an ex-dairy farmer, two army officers and a retired civil servant, safely the length of the North and South Atlantic oceans, and through the notoriously difficult Magellan Strait, against strong prevailing winds, to their icy landfall in the far south of Chile. The shore party spent six weeks crossing the Patagonian ice cap, in both directions, returning to find that their vessel had suffered a broken propeller. Edging north under sail only, Mischief put into Valparaiso for repairs, and finally made it home to Lymington via the Panama Canal, for a total of 20,000 nautical miles sailed, in addition to a major exploration first all here related with the Skipper's characteristic modesty and bone-dry humour, and many photographs.

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