The Log of the Molly B

ISBN: 1782328513

Author: Hogan, Pete

Condition: New

It's Vancouver, Canada in the early 1980s. Greenpeace has just been founded, Bob Geldof has just had his first hit, Ireland is a waste land. Dubliner Pete Hogan finally gets it together to build his own boat, a Tahiti Ketch, an iconic American sailboat design. His dream is to sail away into the sunset and be like his heroes, the famous singlehanded sailors Knox Johnston and Taberly. It does not quite work out like that, but he does build his boat, the Molly B, and sails it engineless and on a shoestring down the coast of California, through the Panama Canal, and across the Atlantic to Ireland, with numerous adventures along the way. Ten years later he sails it around the world. He meets a girl. The boat sinks in the Mediterranean in a storm. Pete is lucky to survive. In short, this is the story of one boat, the 30 foot long Molly B, from building to shipwreck, and the man who lived to tell the tale. It is lavishly illustrated by the author, a professional artist.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements viiGlossary of Sailing Terms and Equipment viii1. Go West Young Man 12. A Poor Wayfaring Stranger 153. Into the Mystic 274. No Cash, No Splash 415. Day after Day, Day after Day 546. Or Like Stout Cortez . . . 677. Hit the Road Jack 868. Rolld to Starboard, Rolld to Larboard 949. Take a Walk on the Wild Side 10410. Nkosi, Sikelel iAfrika 11711. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda 12512. Gracias a la Vida . . . 13213. Because Its There 14014. Home is the Sailor 15415. On a Slow Boat to China 16316. Ill Never Get Out of This World Alive 17417. A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things 185Afterword 192