Summary
Date happened: mid 1960s
A selection from this new book (in preparation) about seven years of wild-oats cruising in an early trimaran.
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John Glennie is the author of The Spirit of Rose-Noelle, 119 days Adrift, his gripping personal account of one of the greatest survival stories of all time. He and his two companions endured four months – yes, 120 days – of drifting aboard a capsized trimaran in the Southern Ocean. The crux is that when they finally drifted back to almost where they had started from in New Zealand, they were in such good condition that local authorities disbelieved their story. That account serves today to support the fact that the aftermath of multihull capsize, while it may be grueling, is far preferred to the aftermath of monohull sinking. The book is out of print, but in time OutRig! will undertake to make such works available again.

Now John Glennie offers another personal account, this one far happier. He and his brothers and friends cruised the Pacific Islands from New Zealand to California in the late 1960s in their 35’ trimaran Highlight which they built themselves. Dubbed “Playboys of the South Pacific” for their antics in various ports, they painted a bright stripe in early multihull lore, and this account does not fade! The book will be published soon.

Author’s contact: johnmots AT hotmail DOT com

Click here to read “PLAYBOYS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC,” Chapter 9, by John Glennie in pdf. (You’ll need a free pdf reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, in order to open up and read this pdf document).