Transatlantic Summer

"FROM CAPE COD TO SCOTLAND AND THE GATES OF THE SOVIET UNION, TRANSATLANTIC SUMMER IS JOHN E. MCKELVY'S ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE CRUISE. NOT ONLY FOR NAUTICAL BUFFS, BUT FOR TRAVELERS AS WELL, THIS PART TRAVELOGUE, PART SEA ADVENTURE DESRIBES A VOYAGE OF WHICH MOST SEA CAPTAINS AND WORLD TRAVELERS WOULD BE ENVIOUS." "THE AUTHOR MAKES A REMARKABLY FAST TWENTY DAY PASSAGE FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO SCOTLAND WITH A CREW OF RESOURCEFUL AMATEURS ON HIS FORTY EIGHT FOOT YAWL, GRAFIN." "HIS WIFE, NANCY, AND DAUGHTERS, MARGARET AND LAURA, MEET HIM IN SCOTLAND,D AND NANCY PROVES TO BE AS EXPERT A SAILOR AS HER HUSBAND, HAVING A PARTICULAR FLAIR FOR NAVIGATION." "MR. MCKELVY ALSO INCLUDES IN HIS ACCOUNT MUCH HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE PLACES HE VISITS, FROM THE HEBRIDES, TO LENINGRAD. HIS COMMENTS ON THE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT... Map endpapers, photographs and drawings included.