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A SCOTSMAN’S ODYSSEY

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Ian G Macpherson, Conrad Press

an Macpherson’s love of water began in the Perth swimming baths and developed through the Tay Canoe Club. He joined the RNVR, qualified as a teacher, married, built and sailed on the Great Barrier Reef leg of their world voyage. He oversaw the commissioning of the training ship . Three charter cruises to Croatia with friends conclude this chronicle of quiet competence. I felt in safe hands and would certainly choose Macpherson as skipper over Odysseus.

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