{"product_id":"once-is-enough-paperback","title":"Once Is Enough - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiles Smeeton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sailor's Classics library introduces a new generation of readers to the best books ever written about small boats under sail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the 46-foot \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang \u003c\/i\u003esailed from Australia into the vast Southern Ocean in December 1956, her crew of three couldn't know what terror awaited them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unique among books of maritime adventure.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e, a 46-foot ketch, set sail from Melbourne, Australia, in December 1956 bound for England, Miles and Beryl Smeeton and their friend John Guzzwell had little concept of the challenges or terrors that awaited them. At that time very few small sailboats had successfully rounded Cape Horn, and none had sailed as far south as \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e--just north of the Antarctic iceberg limit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks later, in the icy seas several hundred miles west of Cape Horn, \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e was caught from astern by a huge wave that somersaulted her. Beryl Smeeton, who had been alone at the tiller, was thrown thirty yards into the sea. Despite a broken collarbone, she managed to swim to the wreckage of masts and rigging in the water where Miles and John could heave her on board. \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e was a shambles: the tiller, rudder, doghouse, anchor, compass, and dinghies had all been ripped away; the masts had broken off level with the deck; and the boat was close to sinking. Working beyond exhaustion, the crew emptied the water bucket by bucket, salvaged what they could, built a new doghouse, fashioned a jury rig, and five weeks later sailed into Arauco Bay on the Chilean coast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter ten months of repair work in a Chilean navy yard, Miles and Beryl Smeeton (without John Guzzwell) sailed again toward Cape Horn and again were capsized, dismasted, and nearly sunk by a rogue wave. Once more, they survived the disaster and sailed 2,000 miles to Valparaiso, Chile. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it was first published in 1959, \u003ci\u003eOnce Is Enough\u003c\/i\u003e electrified the sailing world. But what keeps it fresh and captivating is not just Smeeton's vivid re-creation of the sea's fury. His eloquent descriptions of ordinary life at sea make \u003ci\u003eOnce Is Enough\u003c\/i\u003e timeless reading for sailors and armchair adventurers alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is the struggle of these three indomitable sailors for survival and their extraordinary resource . . . that makes their taut journal unique among books of maritime adventure. . . . \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e and her crew add up not only to survival but to a tale full of sound and fury told by an intrepid but eminently sane survivor.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes (London) Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The strangest and most memorable thing about \u003ci\u003eOnce Is Enough\u003c\/i\u003e is that it's not a heroic tale of survival, but--of all things--an idyll.\"--from the introduction by Jonathan Raban \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brigadier Smeeton's saga is the very essence of authenticity. Its message is clear and simple: Beware the sea in anger, for no small boat can conquer it, however expertly sailed.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"They are the first people ever to return alive to tell the story of a boat being somersaulted. . . . And they certainly make fascinating company for a reader with his eyes on the heights of human endeavor.\"--\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiles Smeeton\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1906. In 1939, he and his wife Beryl attempted to climb 25,263-foot Tirich Mir, in the Himalaya, with Tenzing Norgay. Although they failed, Beryl achieved renown as one of the first women to climb so high. A career army officer, Miles served with distinction in World War II. In 1951, the Smeetons bought \u003ci\u003eTzu Hang\u003c\/i\u003e in England and, though they had just learned to sail, sailed her to Canada. They next voyaged to the South Pacific, and Miles later wrote about that adventure in \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Was Our Village\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1956, Miles and Beryl Smeeton embarked on the voyage described in \u003ci\u003eOnce Is Enough\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1967, they made a third--and successful--Cape Horn attempt, sailing east to west. The Smeetons later founded the Cochrane Ecological Institute in Alberta, Canada, still run by their daughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Raban\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of ten critically acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003ePassage to Juneau\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Heinemann Award For Literature, and received the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice for Book of the Year for \u003ci\u003eOld Glory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBad Land\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been called (by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) \"the finest writer afloat since Conrad.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.26 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45188015652966,"sku":"9780071414319","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/R3JqbWxaM1NlTHdDcWc1QnZobGo2dz09.webp?v=1773449428","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/once-is-enough-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}