Five Fair Rivers: Sailing the James, York, Rappahanock, Potomac, and Patuxent

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“Good-humored, observant, and knowledgeable, Robert de Gast is a perfect cruising companion at the historic rivers of the Chesapeake’s lower Western Shore. In an unconventional small boat with a four-inch draft, he’s taking us where few other sailors can. Five Fair Rivers will delight all who love Tidewaterland.” — John Barth A devoted sailor, Robert de Gast takes his inspiration for these trips from Captain John Smith who, whilst exploring the Chesapeake within the early seventeenth century, found himself mesmerized by the magnificence and unexpected charms of the bay’s “fayre and navigable rivers.” Travelling in Smith’s wake, de Gast records the main points of wind and sail, landscape and water — at all times with an eye toward how things differ from what greeted the captain almost four hundred years ago. Five Fair Rivers captures the wonderful thing about unspoiled stretches of marsh, shore, and isle; the posh of dry socks; and the pungence of the air surrounding the Westpoint, Virginia, paper plant. Here is an adventure if you want to appeal equally to sailors and arm-chair travelers alike.


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