Around the world in a canoe?

stevet · Jan 6, 2025

Never heard of this fellow…worthy of further research

The Death-Defying Attempt to Circumnavigate the World in a Canoe

How Captain John Voss put his dugout canoe—and himself—to the ultimate test

www.smithsonianmag.com

tketcham · Jan 6, 2025

I just read Voss' account in "40,000 Miles In A Canoe". Great read; impressive sailing and navigation skills.

40,000 Miles in a Canoe|Paperback

In May 1901, just three years after Joshua Slocum's legendary solo voyage around the world, another professional seaman idled by the passing of the Age of Sail set off on an extraordinary ocean journey. Saying goodbye to his wife and children, he put to sea from Victoria, British Columbia, with...

www.barnesandnoble.com

stevet · Jan 6, 2025

Thanks…I’ll check that out.

Gamma1214 · Jan 6, 2025

Looks like a good mid-winter read but that's pretty hard core... I'll be using a double blade to run waterfalls in an inflatable before you'll see me trying that. (I mean, I get off trail when there are trails!)

kahel · Jan 6, 2025

Around the world in a canoe?

stevet

The Death-Defying Attempt to Circumnavigate the World in a Canoe

tketcham

40,000 Miles in a Canoe|Paperback

stevet

Gamma1214

kahel

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