The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
A Death Defying Voyage of Pleasure
Lone sailor Bernard Gilboy’s small boat voyage, in 1882, was perhaps the most daring undertaking on the world’s biggest ocean. Yet, when departing San Francisco, the Customs Certificate read, “starts on a voyage of pleasure for Australia.”
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