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After a frustrating day in the Doldrums, it was amusing to take a close look at the Polarsteps track. You can do this by clicking on \u201c2025\u201d at https:\/\/www.polarsteps.com\/JohnPassmore\/15574045-2025 <\/a>and then enlarging the map and going back up the track until you find yesterday\u2019s tangle.<\/p>\n Because that\u2019s what it looks like – 28 miles of actual progress in 20 hours, sailing in every direction on the compass, and some that aren\u2019t. The finished track resembles not so much a grown-up voyage as the Marauder\u2019s Map of Dumbledore\u2019s study the night before the trip to Tom Riddle\u2019s Cave: pacing\u2026 pacing\u2026endlessly pacing\u2026<\/p>\n But, I\u2019m pleased to say I woke up this morning to hear the wind charger humming and the ensign flying with a confidence that spoke of: \u201cCome on, guys. Let\u2019s go places!\u201d<\/p>\n So, we\u2019re now heading south at four knots.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re wondering where I\u2019m going all the way down here – well, it would be tempting fate to reveal that too soon, but you will find all the details – and the reason behind it in the new book: The Voyage #3: Panama to the Isle of Man<\/em> (available at all good Amazon stores in Kindle and Paperback).<\/p>\n Best of all, the first review is in – always an exciting moment. Someone calling himself \u201cCapt Craig\u201d writes: \u201cPassmore was a professional writer, and it shows. His writing is eloquent, entertaining and engaging. His focus on the voyage rather than the destination is fairly unique and makes for a very different travelogue.\u201d<\/p>\n He gave it five stars (why wouldn\u2019t he?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a frustrating day in the Doldrums, it was amusing to take a close look at the Polarsteps track. You can do this by clicking on \u201c2025\u201d at https:\/\/www.polarsteps.com\/JohnPassmore\/15574045-2025 and then enlarging the map and going back up the track until you find yesterday\u2019s tangle. Because that\u2019s what it looks like – 28 miles of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3456,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions\/3456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}