Swan
: The Second Voyage
Swan--The Second Voyage is the engaging story of a two-year, 10,000-mile
voyage from Hawaii to the East Coast of the United States via the Panama
Canal, with a sojourn in the Sea of Cortez. It is in some ways a sequel to
the Moores' circumnavigation story, By Way of the Wind, but it is also a
"nuts and bolts" book, with specific tips on boat building, sailing and living
aboard woven seamlessly into the narrative. After 50,000 bluewater miles,
the author shares what he modestly calls 'some of the things that worked
for us.'
The author, Jim
Moore , August 3, 1998
A sailing adventure with cruising tips.
SWAN - THE SECOND VOYAGE chronicles a two-year, 10,000 mile voyage
from Hawaii to North Carolina that my wife Molly and I made in our 36 foot
sailboat, SWAN. It is, in some ways, a sequel to my first book, BY WAY OF
THE WIND, which is an account of our four-year, 40,000 mile circumnavigaion
made earlier in SWAN. But it is also a "nuts and bolts" book in which I pass
on to the reader tips on boat building, sailboat management in a storm at
sea, living aboard, anchoring techniques (we never dragged anchor once during
50,000 miles of cruising), and living aboard; things that worked well for
us that might also be useful to anyone planning long-distance cruising, or
for the weekend sailor. The book takes the reader on a passage from Oregon
to Hawaii, then from Hawaii back to the west coast and south to Baja California
where we spent seven delightful months diving, fishing, and enjoying cruisng
camaraderie in the sparkling Sea of Cortez, one of the finest cruising a!
reas one could hope to find. Reluctantly, we bid our friends goodbye and
sailed south to Panama, evading the "perils of the Tehuantepec" en route,
and transited the Panama Canal. From the canal we made a rough windward slog
north to Grand Caymen Island where the author narrowly escaped a rendezvous
with the Grim Reaper while foolishly diving alone on a barrier reef. The
voyage ends at Beaufort, North Carolina with Molly contemplating whether
we should sail across the Atlanic Ocean to check out the Mediterranean or,
perhaps, stay North Carolina and get a dog. Life is full of hard decisions.
The book contains photographs and pen and ink drawings of "sure fire" trolling
rigs, fuel tank innovations, preventing deck leaks, proper propane hose
installation, heaving to, and other information of general interest to the
boater, sail or power.
Practical Boat Owner, July
1995
Every publisher who thinks of pushing out a boating book should study
this one, and learn from it. It is a paragon, combining entertainment and
instruction. No, not overt instruction. As Jim Moore says at the start, he
is not out to tell people how to do it--simply to report 'this is what works
for us'....All this helpful, instructive material is woven into lively accounts
of people and places they encountered in a voyage to the Hawaiian islands
from Oregon, and then down the west coast of Mexico. It is not often that
one finds a book that is so enjoyable to read, and so replete with
practicalities.
About the Author
Jim and Molly Moore decided to quit their jobs, chuck their middle-class
lifestyle, build their own boat, and sail around the world. The adventures
of building Swan, a 36-ft. fiberglass sloop, learning how to sail, and finally
the cruising life, were told in Jim's first book, By Way of the Wind.
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: The Second Voyage
