I always enjoy your stories of marine history and sailors. Back in the late sixties, I read a wonderful anthology of small boat adventurers, and Harry was mentioned many times. The book is Sea Quest by Charles BORDEN. According to the book after the Islander was lost in the New Hebrides during its third circumnavigation Harry and his wife built a small yawl of the Seabird design which was 25-ft. 6-inch feet LOA. The SeaBird design was made popular by the editor of the Rudder magazine, Thomas Fleming Day. Harry was preparing for another long voyage with his wife when he died at 78.
Nice story about Harry Pigeons voyage. I have not read it yet, but have read Joshua Slocum's book several times. Slocum's book had me dreaming of building a boat and sailing the world all through college. Now at 70, I still think about, but have settled on building something smaller and doing simple camp cruising on the local rivers. Thank you for reminding me to get Harry's book. Looking forward to the next episode of the Voyagers series.
One of many books I read by single-handed sailors more than fifty years ago when I became fascinated with sailing and the sea. Thanks for the reminder, Jeff.
I need to re-read Harrys book again. Thanks for this re-telling. It is a remarkable story. I've really enjoyed your voyages series. I've also begun listening to more youtube podcasts about ancient civilizations. Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson have added to the intrigue of your tales of the original sea explorers. So much I didn't know. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
