The First Voyage of the Joshua |
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anchor Antilles Atlantic barometer Barrington beach Bernard Bernard Moitessier blow Bluche boat bowsprit breakers breeze cabin Cape Horn Casablanca chart Chauffailles coast cockpit coconut palms corals covered crew cruising dangerous day's run deck dinghy everything Falkland Falkland Islands fathoms Fatu Hiva fish flat calm force Françoise Galapagos gale Gibraltar harbour harpoon helm Hiva Hiva Oa hull icebergs island Joshua knots lagoon light lobsters longitude look mainsail Marie-Thérèse Martinique mast miles mizzen months Moorea mooring morning navigation never night Noon position Nuku Hiva nylon Pacific paint pirogues port reef rigging round route sail sextant sharks ship sight sleep speed squalls star stay staysail steel steering stern swell tack Tahiti Takaroa took Trade wind Tuamotus turtle Tzu-Hang Vito Dumas watch wave weather westerly Wreck Bay yacht Youki