In this Post: Notes on Chapter 16, in the Marquesas Islands and then our near-disastrous passage to Tahiti, 700 nautical miles south; progress on The Aegre inspired boat being built in Glasgow and details of ‘Meet the Author’ talks in the Netherlands and UK in late August and September 2024.
In the Notes: The Marquesas – some of the remotest islands on earth; what happened to solo circumnavigator Tom Blackwell? And the fate we so narrowly avoided in the Tuomotu atolls. See Notes for Chapter 16.
Glasgow update from Peter Matheson: I have completed the 10th plank now and… See the latest photos of the boat being built in Glasgow by Peter Matheson, inspired by The Aegre. See https://nicholasgrainger.com.au/the-aegre-inspires-a-new-build/
Meet the author of The Voyage of The Aegre: I will be in the Netherlands and the UK in late August and September 2024, speaking about The Aegre, the voyage and signing books:
- Saturday 31 August 15:30 HISWA te WATER boat festival in Lelystad, Netherlands.
- Saturday 31 August Drascombe Association, Netherlands, time & location tbc
- Sunday 1 September 15:30 HISWA te WATER in Lelystad 15:30, Netherlands
- Thursday 5 September, Glasgow, UK, Peter Matheson’s boatshed in Govan: Clydebank Traditional Boatbuilders, Rothesay Dock Clydebank by Glasgow G81 1LX https://nicholasgrainger.com.au/peter-matheson-and-clydeside-traditional-boatbuilders/
- Thursday 12 September, Ludlow, UK, details to be confirmed
- Other possible UK locations in September: No venues currently, but please get in touch with me if you are interested at nick@nicholasgrainger.com.au
- Lake District 8-10 September
- Derby, 14-15 September
- Cambridge 19-21 September
- London 23-25 September
Maybe I’ll see you there?
Nick Grainger
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