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Shakedown Cruise
Bu Nigel Calder
188 pages, Adlard Coles

Nigel Calder is one of the most re-
nown marine writers in the world.
His claim to fame is primarily his
vast technical knowledge of all
things mechanical on boats and his

ability to explain how things work

and how to fix them in language

a luddite would understand. His

new book, Shakedown Cruise, is

a sailing memoir that covers his

first cruising adventures with his

family, the adventures that forced

him to become a technical wizard.

So, if you want to know the expert

before his rise to fame, the stories

in Shakedown Cruise will make

you smile.

Jean du Sud and

the Magick Byrd

By Yves Gelinas

170 pages, 59 North Publishing

A non-stop circumnavigation via

the five great southern capes in a

30-foot, Alberg-designed sloop, is

no small undertaking. Yet that is

exactly what Yves Gelinas set out

to do. And, despite being capsized

and dismasted in the Southern

Ocean, that is exactly what he ac-

complished over a period of 280

days. Part of the magic of the tale,

first publisher in French in 1986,

is that it proved his design for a

simple, elegant windvane self-

steering device was excellent. He

did not hand-steer for 280 days.

Thanks to Andy and Mia Schell

who bring us this tale in English to

introduce their hero and old friend

to the American sailing audience.