Voyaging in Wild Seas

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Excerpt from Voyaging in Wild Seas: A Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Snark' in the Years 1907-1908 Later. - They are rigging up a topsail to put Speed on the yacht, and Bert has climbed the mainmast to straighten out something. He is a goodly sight, clinging high, his bare, powerful arms working at the swaying masthead. The extra sail 15 making the boat drive faster, but some thing 18 wrong with it, and although adding to our speed, it is so horribly ill-setting that Roscoe is promptly taking it down. And Oh. It's great, this rush of wind and wave -a wonderful new life, all the working of this little world of plank and iron and brass and canvas. And if I can feel enthusiasm while my stomach is still wavering between belt and throat, fancy the enjoyment to come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.