Cover of We didn't mean to go to sea

We didn't mean to go to sea

by Arthur Michell Ransome

1937 362 pages eng

The Swallows, visiting on the east coast of England, stand watch on a small cruising sailboat for the owner and drag anchor and cross the Channel in a gale. Wonderful detail about sailing, and the fact that it takes place 85 years ago doesn't matter.

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