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The Voyage of the Cormorant

A Memoir of the Changeable Sea

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On sale Nov 10, 2020 | 7 Hours and 53 Minutes | 9780593398081
Christian Beamish, a notable writer for The Surfer's Journal, has done what every guy since Huck Finn has dreamed of doing: making his own boat and sailing it to paradise, with adventures along the way.

Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer's Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality - and how the two came to shape each other - places The Voyage of the Cormorant in the great American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us.
CHRISTIAN BEAMISH, a former associate editor at The Surfer's Journal, is a writer, surfer, sailor, boat builder and fisherman who engaged all this skills during his travels on the Cormorant. He currently lives in Carpinteria with his wife and two children.

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Christian Beamish, a notable writer for The Surfer's Journal, has done what every guy since Huck Finn has dreamed of doing: making his own boat and sailing it to paradise, with adventures along the way.

Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer's Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality - and how the two came to shape each other - places The Voyage of the Cormorant in the great American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us.

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CHRISTIAN BEAMISH, a former associate editor at The Surfer's Journal, is a writer, surfer, sailor, boat builder and fisherman who engaged all this skills during his travels on the Cormorant. He currently lives in Carpinteria with his wife and two children.