{"product_id":"the-log-of-the-molly-b-9781908308214","title":"The Log of the Molly B","description":"\u003cp\u003eIts Vancouver  Canada in the early 1980s. Greenpeace has just been founded  Bob Geldof has just had his first hit  Ireland is a waste land. Dubliner Pete Hogan finally gets it together to build his own boat  a Tahiti Ketch  an iconic American sailboat design. His dream is to sail away into the sunset and be like his heroes  the famous singlehanded sailors Knox Johnston and Taberly. It does not quite work out like that  but he does build his boat  the Molly B  and sails it engineless and on a shoestring down the coast of California  through the Panama Canal  and across the Atlantic to Ireland  with numerous adventures along the way. Ten years later he sails it around the world. He meets a girl. The boat sinks in the Mediterranean in a storm. Pete is lucky to survive. In short  this is the story of one boat  the 30 foot long Molly B  from building to shipwreck  and the man who lived to tell the tale. It is lavishly illustrated by the author  a professional artist.  Table of Contents  Acknowledgements vii Glossary of Sailing Terms and Equipment viii 1. Go West Young Man 1 2. A Poor Wayfaring Stranger 15 3. Into the Mystic 27 4. No Cash  No Splash 41 5. Day after Day  Day after Day 54 6. Or Like Stout Cortez . . . 67 7. Hit the Road Jack 86 8. Rolld to Starboard  Rolld to Larboard 94 9. Take a Walk on the Wild Side 104 10. Nkosi  Sikelel iAfrika 117 11. Waltzing Matilda  Waltzing Matilda 125 12. Gracias a la Vida . . . 132 13. Because Its There 140 14. Home is the Sailor 154 15. On a Slow Boat to China 163 16. Ill Never Get Out of This World Alive 174 17. A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things 185 Afterword 192\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960529772597,"sku":"ByrdShop_1908308214","price":94.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-log-of-the-molly-b-9781908308214","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}