Clawmarks Down The Jetty – A Nearly But Not Quite Circumnavigation

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ISBN: 9780473752095
Title: Clawmarks Down The Jetty – A Nearly But Not Quite Circumnavigation
Author: HARRIS JILL

With $50 cash and just an echo sounder and sextant for
navigation, Jill and Bunji Harris set off from Nelson, New Zealand on a world voyage aboard their 34ft steel sloop Bloomers.

Built by Bunji and launched with a bottle of apple cider, Bloomers was the epitome of sailing unplugged; no toilet, no shower, no fridge.

Far from the stability and comforts of land life, their
sailing odyssey took them to the Comoros Islands, Kenya, Sudan, Yemen, Mauritania, The Gambia and beyond.

With no experience on yachts, Jill learned how to live in a
watery world that was rarely horizontal and loved the immersion into of other cultures outside the sanitised bubble of the tourism trail.

She experiences times of fear and elation, acute anxiety and utter hilarity, from illegal work to whisky smuggling, from a Red Sea disaster to childbirth in Cyprus.

The good times come at a cost, as Jill sails herself into
her own voyage of discovery.

Format: Trade Paper
Publication date: 16/09/2025
Pages: 246
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