Here’s an interview with author Wendy Hinman about her award-winning book Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire, along with Garth Wilcox (one of the heroes of the story) on KSER FM Sound Living.
Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire highlights major events from the around-the-world journey the Wilcox family took aboard Vela, their 40-foot Maine Pinky, from 1973-1978. Their voyage occurred during the relative dark ages of sailing when people navigated using a sextant, and long before the days of instant communication. Few undertook such a journey, and limited information was available about outfitting a boat for ocean voyaging or ports along the way. Yet, despite unbelievable obstacles, this pioneering family survived a shipwreck and made it all the way around the world. No small feat.
This interview discusses the dramatic story of the shipwreck a year into their voyage. Despite tremendous odds, they rebuilt their wrecked boat and finished their goal to sail around the globe. Along the way they face storms, typhoons, traveling through hostile waters patrolled by warring nations, scurvy, and more.
Vela on the reef
Listen to this in depth interview with thoughtful questions by host Ed Bremer.
Interview with KSER’s Ed Bremer on Sound Living about the true story behind the book Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire.
Read Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire today.
