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Calgary Club Night - The Accidental Circumnavigation

by Bluewater Cruising Association 29 Oct 2018 15:37 UTC 6 November 2018
Cresswell Walker © Bluewater Cruising Association

Never before has it been possible for the average person to sail across the seven seas without trying too hard. Historically, sailing around the world was the prerogative of kings and queens and their privileged vassals; it took hundreds of men and many ships in an expedition to bear one commander around the globe.

Today, it is different: anybody can, for the cost of a car, buy a boat, load it up with groceries and a GPS and set out to see the world under sail. Or so it would seem. For today, the world is still a vast and mysterious place, where almost anything can happen, and where calamity can exact a high price.

So off into this magic kingdom we go. We point the bow of our wee boat out to sea for an unseen tropical destination 3000 miles away, and enter the world where we are in command of our own lives, where we experience the rush of our own daring and the joy of a successful passage and a distant landfall.

  • 06 Nov 2018 1900h - 2130h
  • Members $5 / Non-Members $10

The Calgary Chapter welcomes Cresswell Walker for an evening of adventure, with tales and insights from sailing 10 years and 50,000 miles in a circumnavigation of this magical kingdom called planet earth. Cress has published his sailing experiences in “A Voyage of Uncommon Sense: Sailing the 7Cs to Purpose, Passion and Power”. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

This article has been provided by the courtesy of Bluewater Cruising Association.

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