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From Scotland to the South Seas in a Shetland boat
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Review of the Voyage of The Aegre in Wooden Boat magazine
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Yachting World – Review by Tom Cunliffe
Review of The Aegre Voyage book in Afloat magazine – June 2023
Review of The Voyage of The Aegre in Boating New Zealand magazine
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Off at last
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In Panama
2,100 miles out into the Pacific
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Book Presentation in Scourie
Book presentation in Scourie in pictures
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Writing the story after all these years
How I got started on writing The Voyage of The Aegre
Letters home from the Eastern Pacific
Capsized!
Errata in The Voyage of The Aegre
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About The Aegre
The Aegre – An overview
The Nelly Bly
Building The Aegre
The Aegre sails the Orkney Isles
Forward to 2005
An Aegre inspired boat being built
The Aegre inspires a new build
Peter Matheson and Clydeside Traditional Boatbuilders
A yohl, yahl, yowl, yole but not a yawl
More about Shetland boats
About Julie and Nick
Author bio – Nicholas Grainger
About Vinycomb Press
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The Aegre nameplate
The Aegre Guestbook
Suunto hand-bearing compass
Plotting our position at sea
Measuring accurate time aboard The Aegre
Navigation charts
The re-enactment of the 563 AD currach voyage by St Columba
Measuring distance run at sea
Lesser known inspiring reads
Ed Burnett Yacht Designs
Dinghy Cruising (1963)
The Cruise of the Dream Ship by Ralph Stock – 1921
The Cruise of The Kate
The Cruise of The Kate in pictures
Once is enough by Miles Smeeton
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Publishing update 9 April 2023
