
8 Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
Title: 8 Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island Author: Nick Thorpe ISBN: 9780743243094 Publisher: Free Press Published: 2003 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Good Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Travelogues 1667362 Publisher Description: Even with the wind on our side and all eight of us pulling, we had never yet managed to change the complex sails....Now we had to pull against the full force of the wind, in a storm, in the middle of the night.... So begins Nick Thorpe's unlikely journey to sail 2,500 miles from northern Chile to Easter Island on the Viracocha -- a boat made of reeds. Captain Phil Buck's desire to test the waters in this pre-Incan boat was twofold: to reopen the controvers