WITH A CREW OF FOUR (ONE GESTATING)

This is the audio update for Chapter 4 of my book “Among The Multihulls – Volume 1”. It tells of our coastal voyage in the 24′ trimaran Juana, probably the first modern trimaran to venture offshore, 1959.

It’s an old story, told here with some new details — let’s call them embellishments — intended to help place the early-modern multihull into the historical context of the time. With the boat sadly overloaded, sailing in the storm season, and with my wife Jo Anna over five months pregnant, we made every mistake possible, yet our surfable, beachable boat — and the gracious, local fisherfolk — saved us from harm.

Click here to listen to this podcast episode.