The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy"
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About This Book
Riveting tale of a 1,500-mile voyage on a 21-foot sailboat in 1867, undertaken in response to a "Boat Exhibition" and regatta staged by Napoleon III to encourage the youth of France to explore the rivers and streams of their native land. This rapturous account became known as "the book that launched a thousand ships."
Chapters (54)
- THE VOYAGE ALONE in the YAWL “ROB ROY,”
- PREFACE.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- APPENDIX. BOYS’ TRAINING SHIPS.
- ROYAL NAVY TRAINING SHIPS FOR BOYS.
- ‘AKBAR.’—(Mersey.)
- ‘ARETHUSA.’—(Greenhithe, Thames.)
- ‘CHICHESTER.’—(Greenhithe, Thames.)
- ‘CLARENCE.’—(Mersey.)
- ‘CLIO.’—(Menai Straits.)
- ‘CONWAY.’—(Mersey.)
- ‘CORNWALL.’—(Purfleet, Thames.)
- ‘CUMBERLAND.’—(Clyde.)
- ‘ENDEAVOUR.’—(Feltham, Middlesex.)
- ‘ENDEAVOUR.’—(Land Ship.)
- ‘EXMOUTH.’—(Grays, Thames.)
- ‘FAME.’—(Greenwich Royal Hospital School.)
- ‘FORMIDABLE.’—(Portishead, Bristol Channel.)
- ‘GIBRALTAR.’—(Belfast.)
- ‘HAVANNAH.’—(Cardiff.)
- ‘INDEFATIGABLE.’—(Mersey.)
- ‘MARS.’—(Dundee.)
- ‘MOUNT EDGCUMBE.’—(Saltash, Cornwall.)
- ‘SHAFTESBURY.’—(Grays, Thames.)
- ‘SOUTHAMPTON.’—(The Humber.)
- ‘WARSPITE.’—(Charlton, Thames.)
- ‘WELLESLEY.’—(South Shields.)
- ‘WORCESTER.’—(Thames.)
- SUMMARY OF TRAINING SHIPS DESCRIBED.
- THE ROB ROY CUISINE.
- IMPROVED ROB ROY BINNACLE AND COMPASS.
- SEA DRESS.
- SWIMMING FOR GIRLS.
- Footnotes:
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