The Voyage of The Aegre
From Scotland to the South Seas in a Shetland boat
By Nicholas Grainger
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The Boat
About The Aegre
The Aegre – An overview
The Nelly Bly
The Building of The Aegre
The Aegre sails the Orkney Isles
Forward to 2005
More about Shetland boats
Aegre Parts & Practices
The Aegre name plate
The Aegre Guestbook
Measuring distance run at sea
Measuring accurate time aboard The Aegre
Suunto hand-bearing compass
Navigation charts
Plotting our position at sea
Hot food and drinks on The Aegre
The Aegre inspires a new build
Building a Replica of Hope: Tradition Meets Craftsmanship
The Crew
How Julie met Nick
A brief biography of Nicholas Grainger
The Book
Where to find The Voyage of The Aegre
Reviews of the book
Summary of reviews of the book – The Voyage of The Aegre
Review of The Aegre Voyage book in Wooden Boat magazine
Review of The Aegre Voyage book in Yachting World magazine
Review of the Aegre Voyage book in the Dinghy Cruising Association Journal
Review of The Aegre Voyage book in Afloat magazine
Review of The Aegre Voyage book in Boating New Zealand magazine
Book Content
What’s in the book ‘The Voyage of The Aegre’?
Chapter Titles
Book Excerpts
Prologue
Buying The Aegre
Off at last
Under square rig
The Pacific challenge
In Panama
2,100 miles out into the Pacific
Gallery
Errata in The Voyage of The Aegre
Chapter Notes – The Voyage of The Aegre
Writing & Publishing The Aegre book
How I got started on writing The Voyage of The Aegre
Writing the story after all these years
Letters home from the Eastern Pacific
Book Launch in Lerwick
Book Presentation in Scourie
Vinycomb Press
The 1963 Curragh Voyage
The Re-enactment of St Columba’s voyage
Forward to 1973
Joyful Pilgrimage audiobook
Billy Patterson
Bruce Clark
About Irish Curraghs
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Shipwreck on Middleton Reef – The Story of a Tasman Survivor
The Prologue – An Excerpt from The Voyage of
The Aegre
A taste of things to come
At sea it’s never all plain sailing
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