Cilin II

In 1986 Seventy-One-Year-Old Edgar Whitcomb Faced A Crossroads In His Life; He Needed A New Direction. Th At Venture Became An Epic Journey As This Retired Indiana Governor Embarked On What Would Be A Solo 30000-Mile Six-Year Sailing Trip. With Virtually No Previous Sailing Experience He And His Thirty-Foot Sailboat The Cilin Ii Traveled Around The World. In This Travel Memoir A Chronicle Fi Lled With Danger And Adventure Whitcomb Narrates The Details Of His Exploits On The Seas And In Ports From Greece To The Canary Islands Antigua Panama Australia And Many Points In Between. He Describes What Can Happen To A Sailboat In Distress And The Consequences When A Boat Runs Aground Or Is Snagged In A Fi Shing Net.A Story Of The Joys And Frustrations Of Sailing Cilin Ii: A Solo Sailing Odyssey Recounts One Mans Realization Of A Dream And Demonstrates His Courage Endurance And The Lessons Learned From Meeting New People Seeing New Places And Experiencing New Ideas. Its A Story About A Thirst For Excitement And World Exploration That Both Begins And Ends In The Hills Of Southern Indiana.