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    We Sailed It Our Way

    By Valerie McBroom

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    About this ebook

    This story is about two people, born into the uncertainties of the 1939–1945 War, who fell in love with each other and with sailing and who, encouraged by the example of other seafarers, completed over a period of 50 years a circumnavigation of the world’s favourite sailing destinations albeit missing out the long blue bits.

    The book contains anecdotes as well as practical advice ensuring it is a must-read for boat lovers as well as those yet to find their sea legs. There is seamanship on every page. It will have a special appeal for those contemplating sailing in distant waters who wish to compare cruising grounds.

    As well as covering sailing and seamanship, it is a travelogue in its own right, reflecting the history and culture met along the way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateJul 30, 2021
    ISBN9781398402058
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    We Sailed It Our Way
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    Valerie McBroom

    Valerie and Neil both had two fathers. Each had their natural father and the other was Harold Wilson, the Labour Prime Minister, who claimed we were the children of his White Hot Technological Revolution. And a revolution it turned out to be resulting in the concept of a Sandwich Education, spending prolonged periods of time in both college and industry. It enabled the rebirth of the polytechnics which morphed into Colleges of Advanced Technology (CATS) and eventually into universities in their own right. Our college, Battersea CAT became the University of Surrey, one of the best endowed universities in the country. We were both immensely fortunate in our education. Neil attended King Edward`s School, Birmingham where he was a prefect, and Valerie attended Streatham Hill and Clapham High School, part of the Girls’ Day School Trust. From school, Neil attended the Outward Bound School at Aberdovey and received an honours award.

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