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Out of Africa

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Threats from the African National Congress convinced a South African journalist to emigrate. The journalist sold his property, and he and his family prepared to leave South Africa in their sailing sloop.

Author: Vigor, John
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1992
Emigration and immigration, South Africans

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The lure of Vancouver Island

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A sailing cruise around British Columbia's Vancouver Island aboard a Cape Dory 25D is described. The island is a forest and mountain wilderness with spectacular fjords and island-filled bays.

Author: Vigor, John
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 2001
British Columbia, Description and travel, Vancouver Island

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Caution: genius aboard

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Physicist Albert Einstein learned to sail as a student and had a life-long love of the sport. He was known for his indifference to danger and his delight in doing the unexpected.

Author: Vigor, John
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1992
Biography, Recreation, Einstein, Albert

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Yachts and yachting, Yachting, Yachts, Sailing
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