Destination Tahiti

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A female sailing enthusiast recounts her 4,500-mile solo journey from Panama to Tahiti aboard a 102-year-old wooden gaff cutter. She relates the excitement and awe she felt while seeing sea life and natural wonder such as the Fatu Hiva.

Author: Knight, Jill
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1996
Sailing

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Panama transit

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A cruising sailor offers a detailed description of her first trip through the Panama Canal aboard her 37-ft wooden cutter. Four temporary crew members and a canal pilot helped her during the transit, which was completed in one day.

Author: Zydler, Tom, Knight, Jill
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1996
Description and travel, Yachts and yachting, Yachting, Yachts, Panama Canal

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Learning to sail alone

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A woman who had been sailing with a friend for five years describes her first solo cruise, from the Philippines to Singapore. She found that she had to use her old sailing techniques in completely new ways.

Author: Knight, Jill
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1992
Sailing, Single-handed, Single handed sailing

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