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The Impossible Voyage – Chay Blyth

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Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London in 1971 a first edition. Octavo, 215 pages plus list of "stores" compiled by his wife. End paper charts and nicely illustrated from photographs of the preparations, voyage and celebrations. Dust jacket a but ruffled at the spine top and repaired on the inside. Otherwise a very good copy.

As Chay Blyth’s opening a paragraphs highlight the title of the book is a bit silly as his objectives if they were ‘Impossible” were achieved. The explanation of impossibility … “the first ever solo non-stop wrong way round the world sail against wind and current” .. again we are not too sure of that. We had better stop as it is Chay Blyth after all and it is a fantastic achievement. Any voyage that runs low (some refer to it as high) in the Southern Ocean is special and clipping the coastline of Tasmania even better. Highly praised back in England justifies a welcome from the Organist come Prime Minister Grocer Heath.

Chay Blyth makes his mark on the record books around alone .. but the wrong way, against all?

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