Notes on Chapter 20: High and dry on Pago Pago are now available on The Aegre Voyage website. Chapter 20, the final chapter in the book, is about our arrival, stay and eventual departure from American Samoa.
In the Chapter Notes are photos of The Aegre being pulled out of the water and how it all went wrong; more about Somerset Maugham’s novel ‘Rain’; a TV interview that disappeared; what happened to the Barbados rum promised to boatbuilder Bob Macinnes; our leaving Pago Pago; the fate of The Aegre and more. Essential reading if you’ve read the book. These are the Notes on the final chapter. See https://nicholasgrainger.com.au/the-voyage-of-the-aegre-notes-on-chapter-20-high-and-dry-on-pago-pago/
Also available on The Aegre Voyage website are the latest photos of the boat inspired by The Aegre being built at Clydeside in Glasgow by Peter Matheson and his volunteer helpers. See https://nicholasgrainger.com.au/the-aegre-inspires-a-new-build/
For Christmas?
If you are receiving this you’ve probably already bought the book. Thank you for that. If you think a friend might like ‘The Voyage of The Aegre’ for Christmas, it is available as a paperback, ebook and audiobook. The first edition (which has fold-out flaps back and front) will probably sell out early in the New Year, possibly before. There are still copies in the UK, order through book shops, e.g. Waterstones, Shetland Times Bookshop etc, and I still have some copies here in Australia that I’m happy to sign and mail out. The Amazon edition (exactly the same content but no fold-out cover flaps) will continue to be available worldwide.
With the season’s best wishes to you all,
Nick Grainger, December 2024
