My Dear Friends,

 

Anyone who came to Thailand, or SE Asia, years ago, probably has also read Slocum and Dana....right?

Maybe one had also read Conrad and other authors when one was a young boy.

 

But, reading a book is not like seeing a storm, first hand, while Rounding the Horn.

 

Here is a video of Rounding the Horn on the good ship Peking.

Maybe, this is why YouTube can sometimes, though rarely, be a very good thing.

 

The narration by Capt. Irving Johnson is most humorous, especially describing the ship's dog.

 

This is my gift to this Farang Pub, for now....

May you enjoy it if you will.

 

I am sure that no one here can or would say anything against it.

 

Best regards,

Globobulin

 

 

 

Best to all.....

Sailing is tough.

Not to mention...life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who was Dana?

 

If you have just one adventurous academic bone in your body, and a curiosity for the Pacific, then read this book:

 

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4277

 

 

Maybe you might be someone like the Farang farmer in Isan with nothing better to do.

Or, you might be some guy on an island wilting away in the heat.

 

Dana, of Harvard, wrote a masterpiece while still a student, rounding the Horn, chipping ice off the decks with a sledge hammer.

 

This is just my single best gift to the Farang Pub.

 

I have nothing further (of value) to give.

 

 

She is best known for winning the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest. I had no idea that she was a sailor too.

 

13 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

She is best known for winning the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest. I had no idea that she was a sailor too.

 

 

 

No more sailors, these days, maybe.

 

 

 

 

Time to go and seek some help bro

On 6/24/2022 at 6:16 AM, Kenny202 said:

Time to go and seek some help bro

 

Thar she blows, mate!

If it was good enough for Melville....then....

Good enough for the likes of us, me thinks....