Once is Enough
by Miles Smeeton
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appears in Sailing and Nonfiction.
In late December 1956, the 46foot wooden ketch Tzu Hang sailed from Melbourne, Australia, bound for England by way of Cape Horn. Aboard were Miles Smeeton; his wife, Beryl; and their friend John Guzzwell. At that time only a very few small sailboats had ever rounded Cape Horn, and none had sailed as far south as the route the Tzu Hang followed fro...
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appears in Sailing and Nonfiction.
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