title: Crossing the Swell: An Atlantic Journey by Rowboat
author: Tori Holmes
description: Enthralling...it's the kind you devour in one sitting: funny, crisply written and with all the elements -- philosophy, adventure and love interest -- of a great yarn --The Irish ExaminerRiveting --The Irish Times.Thoroughly enjoyable...One of the top 10 sports books of the year --The Sunday Tribune (Cork, Ireland)<br /><br />Enthralling...it's the kind you devour in one sitting: funny, crisply written and with all the elements -- philosophy, adventure and love interest -- of a great yarn --The Irish Examiner<br /><br />Thoroughly enjoyable...One of the top 10 sports books of the year --The Sunday Tribune (Cork, Ireland)
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  # Blow The Man Down
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Holman Day
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * [I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS](blode_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS](blode_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS](blode_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [IV ~ OVER THE “POLLY'S” RAIL](blode_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA”](blode_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [VI ~ AND WE SAILED](blode_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD](blode_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE](blode_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [IX ~ A MAN'S JOB](blode_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON](blode_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [XI ~ A VOICE FROM HUE AND CRY](blode_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET](blode_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM](blode_split_1