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The Ongoing Odyssey of Jack de Crow

From Romania to Venice in a Mirror Dinghy
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The charming sequel to the bestselling The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow Six seas, eight countries, 3,000 kilometres, all in a tiny dinghy . . . what could go wrong? When A.J. 'Sandy' Mackinnon sailed his mirror dinghy through twelve countries from North Wales to the Black Sea, he survived pirates, the English Channel, international incidents and all the disasters, big and small, that can befall a little boat on a long voyage. Those adventures became his beloved bestseller The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow. Decades later, that trip is a happy memory and Sandy is firmly back on land - until a message from a stranger presents an opportunity too good to refuse. Sandy picks up where his first voyage left off, sailing and rowing single-handedly around the coast from Romania to Venice. From Istanbul to Ithaca, Mount Olympus to the ruins of Troy, he finds himself immersed in the legends of antiquity, plays chicken with mercurial border police, and is saved more than once by the kindness of strangers. He recounts it all with his unbreakable enthusiasm and self-deprecating humour, taking the reader on a hilarious and unforgettable adventure.
A.J. Mackinnon was born in Australia in 1963 and travelled as a boy on P&O liners between Australia and England, developing a love of slow travel. He has worked in various schools around the world, sharing his passion for English literature, mathematics, drama, art and philosophy with countless students over the years. He now lives in the Victorian High Country of Australia, where he continues to love his teaching, his garden and various other creative projects. He is the author of the international bestseller The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow, as well as The Well at the World's End and Quaint Deeds.
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