From Three Yachts
From Three Yachts relates the many sailing experiences of Conor OBrien. The three yachts were Kelpie, in which he learned to sail and ran guns for the Irish Volunteers in 1914; Saoirse in which he sailed around the world in a ground breaking voyage; and Ilen, which resulted from a commission he received from the Falkland Islands Company to deliver a yacht to them for inter-island trading.
Across Three Oceans
Across Three Oceans tells of his adventures during his circumnavigation 1923 – 1925. The circumnavigation was remarkable. Saoirse was the first small private craft to circumnavigate by sailing Eastwards through the Southern Ocean and South of Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin (SW Australia) and Cape Horn. We should not underestimate the enormity of his undertaking in 1923 – 1925, for which The Royal Cruising Club awarded Saoirse The Challenge Cup three years running in 1923, 1924 and 1925for this ground-breaking voyage.
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