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From Scotland to the South Seas in a Shetland boat

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The Voyage of The Aegre

Prologue – a taste of things to come

The Prologue to the story is a taste of things to come.

a taste of things to come
At sea its never all plain sailing
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  • Home
  • The Book
    • How to buy the book
    • Reviews of the book – The Voyage of The Aegre
      • Summary of reviews of the book
      • Review of the Voyage of The Aegre in Wooden Boat magazine
      • Dinghy Cruising Association Journal review of The Voyage of The Aegre
      • 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
    • What’s in the book
    • Chapter Titles
    • Book Excerpts
      • Prologue – a taste of things to come
      • Buying The Aegre
      • Off at last
      • Under square rig
      • The Pacific challenge
      • In Panama
      • 2,100 miles out into the Pacific
    • Book Launch in Lerwick
      • Book Launch in Lerwick in pictures
    • Book Presentation in Scourie
      • Book presentation in Scourie in pictures
    • Gallery
    • Writing the story after all these years
      • Letters home from the Eastern Pacific
      • Capsized!
  • About
    • About The Aegre
      • The Aegre – An overview
      • The Nelly Bly
      • Building The Aegre
      • The Aegre sails the Orkney Isles
      • Forward to 2005
      • More about Shetland boats
    • About Julie and Nick
    • Author bio – Nicholas Grainger
    • About Vinycomb Press
  • Artifacts
    • The Aegre nameplate
    • The Aegre Guestbook
    • Suunto hand-bearing compass
    • Plotting our position at sea
    • Measuring accurate time aboard The Aegre
    • Navigation charts
    • The Irish curragh voyage from Derry to Iona in 1963
    • Measuring distance run at sea
    • Lesser known inspiring reads
      • 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
  • Website Policies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Refund Policy
    • Billing Security
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