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""Nutting's adventurous spirit is captivating. His lively prose, filled with delightful humor, flows across the pages like a fresh sea breeze. . . . a classic to be read and reread.""--Quarterdeck Maritime Literature & Art Review ""With a dry wit and deadpan understatement, William Nutting's classic tale, The Track of the Typhoon, takes the reader on an unforgettable transatlantic voyage in a 45-foot gaff ketch designed by Nutting and his friends. The skipper and his crew brave storms, knockdowns, and food supplies that dwindle dangerously--though the stock of cognac never seems to run low. For Nutting, a man who famously prioritized madcap maritime fun over safety, it was all just a splendid jaunt across the ocean--one that many of us would love to have made--in spite of multiple near-death experiences."" --Rod Scher, author of Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia

""Nutting's adventurous spirit is captivating. His lively prose, filled with delightful humor, flows across the pages like a fresh sea breeze. . . . a classic to be read and reread."" ""With a dry wit and deadpan understatement, William Nutting's classic tale, The Track of the Typhoon, takes the reader on an unforgettable transatlantic voyage in a 45-foot gaff ketch designed by Nutting and his friends. The skipper and his crew brave storms, knockdowns, and food supplies that dwindle dangerously though the stock of cognac never seems to run low. For Nutting, a man who famously prioritized madcap maritime fun over safety, it was all just a splendid jaunt across the ocean one that many of us would love to have made in spite of multiple near-death experiences."" ""With a dry wit and deadpan understatement, William Nutting's classic tale, The Track of the Typhoon, takes the reader on an unforgettable transatlantic voyage in a 45-foot gaff ketch designed by Nutting and his friends. The skipper and his crew brave storms, knockdowns, and food supplies that dwindle dangerously--though the stock of cognac never seems to run low. For Nutting, a man who famously prioritized madcap maritime fun over safety, it was all just a splendid jaunt across the ocean--one that many of us would love to have made--in spite of multiple near-death experiences.""

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William Washburn Nutting (1884–1924) was an American sailor and author. He co-founded the Cruising Club of America in 1922 and was editor of Motor Boat magazine. He was lost at sea in the Atlantic in 1924. Tim Murphy is editor-at-large of Cruising World and author of Adventurous Use of the Sea,which tells the full story of William Washburn Nutting and sixteen other influential cruisers and yacht designers from the past century. Murphy develops marine-trades curricula for the American Boat and Yacht Council.

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