How Long to Read Schooner to the Southern Oceans

How Long Does it Take to Read Schooner to the Southern Oceans?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Schooner to the Southern Oceans by Gordon Cook

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Gordon Cook set out from Plymouth with his wife Mary and their two very young children, Sue and Jon, to repeat the third and last voyage that Captain James Cook made in 1776. The bicentenaries of Captain Cook’s first two voyages in 1963 and 1969 had both passed with little or nothing to celebrate them, despite huge fund-raising efforts. When both of these bicentenary events ended in failure, Gordon vowed to sail in his own ship and repeat Captain Cook’s final voyage 200 years later in 1976. He did just that. Despite numerous problems he completed and fitted out a beautiful seventy-foot schooner, Wavewalker. The schooner carried the Cook family to Madeira, the Canary Islands, and then 6000 miles to Rio de Janeiro. They then followed Captain Cook’s route across the South Atlantic calling at the remote island of Tristan da Cuna, before arriving in Cape Town.Leaving Cape Town Wavewalker sailed 3,000 miles towards Australia in the worst Roaring Forties weather for many years with 60 foot waves from the West. Then a storm from the South Pole created equally large waves and the schooner was eventually overwhelmed by a huge combined wave that threw Gordon overboard and smashed through the decks, filling the schooner with sea water. Despite massive damage and against all the odds, the family kept the ship afloat and made temporary repairs. The schooner was then hit by cyclone Clarence before sailing the last 2,000 miles voyage to Australia. Gordon was awarded the prestigious Lady Swathling Trophy by the Shipwrecked Mariner’s Society for that year’s “most outstanding act of seamanship and navigation that saved the lives of all the people on board”.

How long is Schooner to the Southern Oceans?

Schooner to the Southern Oceans by Gordon Cook is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Schooner to the Southern Oceans Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Schooner to the Southern Oceans aloud.

What Reading Level is Schooner to the Southern Oceans?

Schooner to the Southern Oceans is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Schooner to the Southern Oceans?

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