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What happens when you take a little Mirror dinghy and decide to sail it from the UK all the way to the Black Sea?

Well… you get one heck of an adventure.

In this episode of the NanoCruising Podcast, I talk with Sandy (A.J.) Mackinnon, author of The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow—the wonderfully entertaining story of his remarkable journey in a tiny Mirror dinghy.

Sandy takes us back to the beginning: how he got into sailing, where the idea for the voyage came from, why he chose such a small boat, and what it was actually like to set off on an adventure that would take him far beyond anything most people would consider a reasonable dinghy cruise.

We talk about the people he met, the unexpected situations along the way, the challenges of travelling such a long distance in such a small boat, and some of the many adventures that eventually became The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow.

And if you've read the book, you'll know that Sandy has a wonderful sense of humor. There are plenty of laughs along the way as he looks back on the voyage and the somewhat questionable decisions that made it such a memorable adventure.

This is Part One of our conversation. In the next episode, we'll continue with Sandy and talk about his newly published follow-up, The Reals of Gold, which is the sequel to it.

Because sometimes, you really don't need a big boat to have a very big adventure.

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