[Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat

[Herb Parsons]

We're all sailors here, if you REALLY want an adventure trip story, read 
Desperate Voyage.

Would YOU attempt a solo crossing of the south Pacific on a 29 foot boat 
all for the sake of love?

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Elle,
>
> For a couple of good reads on a similar journey, read "Mississippi
> Solo" by Eddie Harris and "Old Glory" by Jonathan Raban (an excellent
> sailing author who also wrote "Passage to Juneau).  My favorite of all
> river journeys remains "River Horse" by William Least Heat-Moon,
> author of "Blue Highways".
>
> BTW, Harris did a "Roots" type adventure through Africa a couple of
> decades ago and shared his experience in "Native Stranger", another
> book worth the investment of a few evenings.
>
> Brad
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:06 PM, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> Must be a guy thing...
>>
>>
>> elle
>>
>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>>
>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 11/20/08, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> From: TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Knox to Mobile in a 14 foot john boat
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 9:52 AM
>>> http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/16/here-to-mobile/
>>>
>>> Two man and a dog plan on cruising down the TN River and
>>> Tom Bigby from
>>> Knoxville to Mobile, and onwards down ICW. They are going
>>> in a 14 foot John
>>> Boat and oh yeah....they are taking their dog. It is about
>>> 900 miles to
>>> Mobile. Link take you to my local paper and story.
>>>
>>> Wally
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