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1	To venture further more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist Ancient Chinese legends tell of heroic attempts to cross the infamous Kra Peninsula, but there was no record of a successful crossing - none, that is, until Tristan Jones, the one-legged Welsh explorer, made the attempt. Accompanied by his German mate, Thomas, and three disabled Thai nationals, he made his way through this short but exceedingly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.55! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Adrift more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist An account of the author's 60,000-mile voyage in the South American wilderness, and his battle to liberate his impounded boat from customs officials. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Outward leg more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist After seven years ashore and having had his left leg amputated, Tristan Jones decided to return to the sea, hoping to inspire other handicapped people. In October 1983, Jones and his only crew member, Wally Rediske, set out from San Diego in a 36-foot trimaran, intending to circumnavigate the world from west to east by sail. This is story of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Incredible Voyage more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist Tristan Jonesr sailed a small craft on the lowest body of water in the world, the Dead Sea in Israel-and the highest, Lake Titicaca in the Andes. During this intrepid six-year voyage, he traveled a distance equal to twice the circumference of the world and found himself a thousand times beyond the limits of endurance. This gripping sea yarn is at ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Incredible Voyage: A Personal Odyssey more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist During his six-year voyage, sailing a small craft on the lowest body of water in the world, the Dead Sea in Israel and the highest, Lake Titicaca in the Andes, Tristan Jones travelled a distance equal to twice the circumference of the world. This book tells of his adventures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Ice more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist This is the story of Tristan Jones' sailing expedition in the Arctic, undertaken after his discharge from the Navy, apparently unfit for more seagoing. He converted a small yacht, Cresswell", to a cruising ketch and started sailing, determined to sail farther north than anyone else. He set out from Iceland accompanied only by Nelson, his one-eyed, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Improbable Voyage more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist An account of Tristan Jones's 2,307 mile across Europe, from the North Sea to the Black Sea via the rivers Rhone and Danube, in his 36-ft oceangoing trimaran. It is a continuation of his round-the-world journey begun in the story of "Outward Leg". Battling ice and cold , life-threatening rapids and narrow defiles, petty-minded bureaucrats, customs ... see all copies from $4.53! new only from $13.53! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Saga of a Wayward Sailor more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist The chronicles of Jones' adventures aboard his beloved "Cresswell", a wooden lifeboat converted to a cruising sailboat. Jones survives storms, dismastings, arrest by the Soviet navy, the smuggling of Edam cheeses and Barbary apes and being sunk by whales. We also get to meet an intriguing cast of dockside characters: Karl, the German fish-canning ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist This story of a childhood in Wales and a boyhood on the arduous "sail-in-trade" of northern Europe before World War II is a nostalgic reminiscence of a lost world. It is a story of life in a Welsh countryside still steeped in the 19th century, of a time when shanty-singing sailors fought the weather to deliver bricks, coal, and even animals around ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Encounters of a wayward sailor more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist Tristan Jones completed this new collection of yarns, reminiscences and adventures just before he died in 1995. Drawing on experiences from a lifetime at sea, Jones brings to life people and places he has known, the best boats he has sailed and his most memorable voyages. The book also describes his recent life in Thailand sailing with disabled ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.82!
11 view cover	One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship is a course on single-handed sailing by the man most qualified to give it. It is a highly personal perspective on both the science and art of this ultimate challenge, and it bears the unmistakable stamp of one who has lived on and for the sea. see all copies from $6.60! new only from $12.37! \| SVS
12 view cover	Heart of Oak more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist The story of the author's eventful service in the Royal Navy during World War II and the time he spent at home in Wales on leave. It includes eyewitness accounts of the battle between HMS "Hood" and the "Bismark", the sinking of the "Bismark", and the final moments of the "Scharnhorst". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.55! \| first editions
13	Somewheres East of Suez: The Incomparable Welsh Storyteller Sails to Thailand in A...... more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist With characteristic eloquence and a healthy dose of humor. Tristan Jones tells a gripping story of sailing 8,000 miles from Istanbul to Thailand. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	Somewheres east of Suez more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist In this book, author Tristan Jones describes his voyage from Istanbul to Phuket, Thailand, which was begun in July 1985. The amputation of his leg two years earlier, far from putting an end to his sea-going life, made Jones even more determined to conquer his handicap and show others it could be done. His 11-month voyage realized his dream of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.08! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Seagulls in My Soup more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist More adventures and more encounters a la Tristan Jones, including the delivery of a yacht from Algiers to Marseilles with some unexpected machine-gun fire thrown in, and a stormy night mercy mission transporting a battered English lady and Senora Puig who gives birth at dawn. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.93! \| SVS
16	A Star to Steer Her by more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17	Seagulls in My Soup more books like this by Jim Moore, Tristan Jones add to wishlist More adventures and more encounters a la Tristan Jones, including the delivery of a yacht from Algiers to Marseilles with some unexpected machine-gun fire thrown in, and a stormy night mercy mission transporting a battered English lady and Senora Puig who gives birth at dawn. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18	Dutch Treat: A Novel of World War II more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Yarns more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist This is a collection of sailing yarns based on Tristan Jones's huge experience of the sea which tells how he began his writing career, draws on many adventures to evoke some of the memorable people he has met and describes some of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The Improbable Voyage of the Yacht Outward Leg Into, Through, and Out of the Heart of Europe more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist An astonishing sailing adventure through the heart of Europe, this is TristanJones's follow-up book to his round-the-world voyage in his trimaran, OutwardLeg. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Aka more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist Bill Conan, a middle-aged adventurer has entered a 30,000-mile solo race around the world in a sloop. Risking the ultimate test of skill, strength and endurance, he follows his course across the expanse of the Atlantic towards the one disaster he most dreads - being overboard and alone. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Dutch Treat more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist A powerful novel set against the somber background of Dunkirk and the Blitzkrieg. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.56! \| first editions \| SVS
23	One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24 view cover	Seagulls in my soup : further adventures of a wayward sailor more books like this by Tristan Jones add to wishlist A continuation of the adventures recounted in "Saga of a Wayward Sailor" of Tristan, a seagoing adventurer travelling the world in search of new challenges and his one-eyed three-legged labrador. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $22.43! \| first editions
25	Festgefahren. Gefangen Auf Dem Main by Tristan Jones Tristan Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $40.20!

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