The Logs of the Watersnake and Water Rat

Nonfiction, Sports, Water Sports, Sailing, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel, History, British
Cover of the book The Logs of the Watersnake and Water Rat by H. Fiennes Speed, Mondello Publishing
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Author: H. Fiennes Speed ISBN: 9780985370916
Publisher: Mondello Publishing Publication: September 19, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: H. Fiennes Speed
ISBN: 9780985370916
Publisher: Mondello Publishing
Publication: September 19, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

He didn't cross oceans or battle mighty storms, but H. Fiennes Speed's Log of the "Watersnake" and "Water Rat" provides a vivid look the birth of small boat sailing as a sport in Victorian England. The author and his companions take their 16 foot sailing canoe on cruises to Holland, along the south coast of England, and up the Thames. The text is further enhanced with many lively woodcut illustrations from a first edition print. This ebook edition comprises the first two of three logbooks originally published in 1883 as "Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes."

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He didn't cross oceans or battle mighty storms, but H. Fiennes Speed's Log of the "Watersnake" and "Water Rat" provides a vivid look the birth of small boat sailing as a sport in Victorian England. The author and his companions take their 16 foot sailing canoe on cruises to Holland, along the south coast of England, and up the Thames. The text is further enhanced with many lively woodcut illustrations from a first edition print. This ebook edition comprises the first two of three logbooks originally published in 1883 as "Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes."

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