Wounded Hero Voyage II

Wounded Hero Voyage II Smallest Powerboat to Cross the Atlantic

Paperback (12 Jun 2012)

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This is the continuing voyage of the smallest power boat to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean. Their 21 foot boat was without an escort, no cabin and no keel. Two brothers Bob and Ralph Brown of the United States are making the most outrageous voyage to honor Wounded Heroes. A Wounded Hero is anyone who risk their life to save and protect others. The first book is about their incredible voyage (a new world record for the longest voyage in a flats boat, open fishing boat made to operate in shallow water). They traveled along the east coast of the United States to Canada and crossed the frigid 625 miles of the Labrador Sea to arrive in Greenland. (about 4,000 miles) Wounded Hero Voyage II pics up with a short review of the first book and then continues their voyage through iceberg infested Greenland, up the coast to just south of the Arctic Circle before headed to warmer waters of Iceland. After more fundraising as they were stuck there without a way to continue without fuel.... Off to the Faroe Islands (some breaking waves in the dark of night... a helicopter... nice friendly people.... To the Shetland Islands... more bad weather (left over from Hurricane Bill)... another helicopter, this one with a camera.... To Scotland, England... France... Holland... finishing in Germany, at the military hospital for the war. 8,312 miles in 81 days several... WORLD RECORDS! 281 pages and 92 pictures

Book information

ISBN: 9781477589304
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Language: English
Number of pages: 282
Weight: 417g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 16mm