Looking for a specific book about a transatlantic crossing.

[sealover]

I came across a used book in a tiny little book shop. At the time I didn't buy it, but now I'd like to. Not possible now though, as the book shop was in Bermuda. It was the non-fiction story of the author making a transatlantic crossing. I don't remember if it was single-handed or not. It may have even been a trans-pacific, or a circumnavigation. I do remember the boat was ferro-cement, and one of the bits I read standing there in the store was how a similar ferro-cement boat had come down hard on a steel piling and was not damaged at all. That little bit of a story was titled "Can a boat made of concrete really float?" Sorry it's not a wooden boat, but it is a book I'd like to locate. The cover was modern looking and had a blue sky and blue water (that should really narrow it down....) I don't think it was a very old book, but I think the few pictures inside were from the 70's or 80's so it may have been a reprint. I haven't been able to find anything on amazon.com I think I'd recognize the cover. Anyone have any leads? I just finished Dallas Murphy's "Rounding the Horn" and would like to read this book next.
Thanks in advance.

[Hwyl]

Was it in St George, then it would be the Book Cellar, call them. http://www.bermuda-online.org/books1.htm

I knew the author but it's slipped my mind

[SMARTINSEN]

1972 Awahnee II Robert Lyle Griffith U.S.A


For his three circumnavigations witll his wife, Nancy, and
son, Reid, the first in the Uffa Fox-designed cutter,
Awahnee I, which was lost on a reef in the Tuamotus
while engaged in a rescue mission for a missing American
yacht; and the second and third in their home-built ferro-
cement cutter, a modified version of Awahnee 1. The first
circumnavigation was east to west around the Horn and
Cape of Good Hope; the second was east-about via the
Capes and Japan; and the third, a 12,800-mile voyage in
the high southern latitudes around the Antarctic con-
tinent from Bluff, New Zealand, with time spent in port
at American, Russian, English, Chilean, and Argentine
scientific stations.Is this a clue?

[George Ray]

One of the best ferro cement voyaging books:
Avail on used amazon for $0.38 plus $2.95 shipping (media rate)

*********

Blue Water: A Guide to Self-Reliant Sailboat Cruising

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Water-Self-Reliant-Sailboat-Cruising/dp/0914814192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236034170&sr=8-1
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417d2WJBXiL._SS500_.jpg
Review on Amazon:
"Some time ago, I was fortunate enough to sail with the Griffiths, and the crossing from Sausalito to Hawaii, and around about those islands became the adventure of a lifetime. For these three-time circumnavigators of the globe, it was of course, business as usual. Their amazing book, a store house of a lifetime of sailing the blue water, chronicles their unique, self-reliant approach to managing nature and all the unexpected challenges She can throw at one. Beyond that it is a beautifully written paeon to their love of the sea. Even for me, a landlubber by trade, it was the most seductive encounter I've ever had with a passion truly felt. Read it. And then see if you can resist its pull."

[Bob Cleek]

I saw the Griffith's Awahnee II in Sausalito back in the mid-seventies when they were passing through. Since it isn't nice to make disparaging remarks about people's wives, dogs or boats, let's just say looking at her made the fact they'd sailed all over the place in her a MOST impressive accomplishment!

[sealover]

Was it in St George, then it would be the Book Cellar, call them. http://www.bermuda-online.org/books1.htm

I knew the author but it's slipped my mind


Yes, it was a below-street level book store in St. George. That must have been it, as the only other store with books was a convenience store with some Grisham novels and bodice-ripper paperbacks.

I don't have any of those fancy free International calling IP phones or whatever. I may very well book another cruise back there this summer though -- we really enjoyed the one last year. (and, by cruise I mean on the Norwegian Majesty, not a sailboat unfortunately)

[sealover]

Bought the Amazon one (there's more at $0.38 if anyone else is interested) for less than a phone card call to Bermuda. I'm 50% sure that's the one, but if not, I'm 90% sure I'd like to read whatever it is I just bought. By the way, I highly recommend Rounding the Horn by Dallas Murphy. He's sailing in a steel-hulled boat, but much of the book is recalling the numerous sailings from centuries past in square-rigged ships and windjammers. It's also under $5 shipped from Amazon's used sellers.

[Hwyl]

Yes, it was a below-street level book store in St. George. That must have been it, as the only other store with books was a convenience store with some Grisham novels and bodice-ripper paperbacks.

I don't have any of those fancy free International calling IP phones or whatever. I may very well book another cruise back there this summer though -- we really enjoyed the one last year. (and, by cruise I mean on the Norwegian Majesty, not a sailboat unfortunately)

I think it's a regular phone call, from here and they'd definitely ship it to you.

The situation that I knew about was some British guys who were using the boat to get to climbing areas in South America, so the book you found is not the one I was thinking of.

[goodbasil]

Was this the one written by a guy from Vancouver,B.C. Took a ferro-cement to the south seas to get over a busted heart.
They were someplace and met someone whos dog had torn its scrotum and a doctor sewed it up for him?
The title just escapes me. The water below or something. I'm working on it.

[goodbasil]

Does this ring a bell? http://www.amazon.com/Water-Between-Journey-Sea/dp/0385498845

[sealover]

The Water in Between doesn't seem like it -- from the description it's pretty dark and gloomy. Cover doesn't look familiar either... Thanks though!

The book store in Bermuda wanted $20. I didn't want to pay that for a used book. That, with shipping would blow my book budget for the year. (I'm not knocking the book store -- they have the right to charge whatever they want, and I have the right to choose whether or not to buy it)

[goodbasil]

...after all that.

[sealover]

sorry!

[sealover]

And a phone call through Verizon from the US to Bermuda is $1.49 a minute. $1.49 is more than I've ever spent on a book from Amazon! (minus shipping of course) My next stop is the public library.
:)