Into the blue; 'Let's start with slops'

From: The Press | Date: January 4, 2003| Author: HORWITZ, Tony | Copyright information

What was life like aboard James Cook's Endeavour? In this extract from Into the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, Tony Horwitz tells of tiny hammocks and gruel for dinner on a sailing adventure aboard the replica Endeavour.

Those who would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for pastime. --18th-century aphorism

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