Two Voyages: Sailing in Grandfather's Wake

By Ian Tew

"True stories of the sea, told by those whose stories they are: Here is action and adventure, passion and drama, storms and calms; it all makes for stirring reading." - Wilbur Smith. Here is a seafaring adventure spanning three generations. In 1938, Caplin, skippered by Commander R. D. Graham with his daughter Marguerite as mate, set out from England to sail around the world. Sixty years later, Cdr Graham's grandson, Captain Ian Tew, bought Independent Freedom in New York and, with his aunt's account of the voyage as a guide, sailed in Caplin's wake. The side-by-side accounts of their navigation to remote shores provide a fascinating historical perspective against which the calms and storms of sailing are ageless. Born into a seafaring family reaching back to a notoriously successful 17th century privateer, Ian Tew was learning to sail at the age of seven. He made his career in the British Merchant Navy and then as a salvor in the Middle and Far East but, after returning to the UK in 1991 to run a small business, has returned to wind and canvas. Ian Tew's other memoir, Salvage: A Personal Odyssey, his first novel The Dare and his collection of stories Reflections On The Sea are all also available through Titwillow Publishing. Praise for Ian Tew's Reflections On The Sea:"Authentic and gripping. A fine collection of stories." Richard Foreman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980992584
• ISBN13: 9781980992585
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.0"