Tristan Jones

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Tristan Jones (May 8, 1924? - June 21, 1995) was an author and mariner who wrote numerous books and articles, many in the first person, about sailing. Since his stories tended to be a combination of both fact and fiction in the tradition of Welsh story tellers, many of the details of his early life are unknown.

[edit] Trivia

Mr. Jones was named for the island of Tristan da Cunha because his parents were sailing near it when his mother entered labor. According to Tristan's Logs, he sailed 450,000 miles. In reality he only sailed about 100,000 nautical miles. Tristan was quoted saying, "I sailed through the Panama Canal with the aid of six Hippies." Tristan crossed the Atlantic twenty times, 9 of those times were single handidly. Another little known fact, Tristan lost his legs later in life and fitted a catamaran with hooks so that he could still sail after losing both of his legs. THATS DEDICATION TO THE ART