<p>Not all dreams have happy endings. <i>Sailing in Circles, Goin’ Somewhere<\/i> is the funny, bittersweet memoir of a Prince Edward Island man who, over seven years, builds a classic 1930s wooden sailboat and, in 2004, attempts to circumnavigate eastern North America. The author leaves a small fishing port on the Island and tracks along the rugged coast, up the St. Lawrence River, and through the Great Lakes. Alone, he encounters heavy fog, near-collisions with freighters, mechanical breakdowns, enormous seas, several brushes with disaster, and even a hostile reception at one French-speaking port. He meets odd and curious people. It all comes to an inglorious and mundane end when the author and his boat, the <i>Arja D.<\/i>, are stuck in, of all places, Peoria, Illinois. Was it worth it? Maybe.<\/p><p>Written by Finley Martin, a respected Island fiction writer, this finely crafted and humorous book will appeal to adventurers, sailors, and lovers of a good yarn.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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