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The Voyage Alone in the Yawl Rob Roy (Dover Maritime)

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This is a highly readable account of the author's solo voyage across the English Channel to France and up the Seine. Although he sails in a small sailboat here, MacGregor invented the modern canoe, and spent his life promoting the canoe and other outdoor sports. This is a fun book, especially for small boat sailors

This book had two main problems.
Firstly, the original page numbers were repeated in the text in three different formats: a straight number, a phrase such as 'page 23', and both of these enclosed in brackets.
The lack of cosistency I found very distracting.
Secondly, none of the original illustrations were included. The text refers to various illustrations to explain the author's descriptions but none of them have appeared in this electronic version. You had to follow the description of the boat layout and its style very closely and still had little idea as to what the boat looked like.

A publicity stunt!

This entry in the Mariners Library (#24) is notable because MacGregor made his 1867 voyage from London to Paris in order to promote his canoe design. MacGregor was a great 19th century marketer, seeking royal patronage for his 21 foot yawl which was one of the great forerunners of the modern canoe.

First Thus, baby blue cloth over boards with navy details in dustjacket; 214 pp with a few illustrations.

...or even publicity stunt.

This entry in the Mariners Library (#24) is notable because MacGregor made his 1867 voyage from London to Paris in order to promote his canoe design. MacGregor was a great 19th century marketer, seeking royal patronage for his 21 foot yawl which was one of the great forerunners of the modern canoe.

First Thus, baby blue cloth over boards with navy details in dustjacket; 214 pp with a few illustrations.

The auther, a man of considerable education, means and ego, tells of the 1887 sailing of his 21 foot yawl, Rob Roy.
Not written in the pleasant narrative of Joshua Slocum, (Sailing Alone Around The World) of his 1895-1898 voyage.