Once Is Enough
This timeless classic is an exciting true story of survival against all odds.
‘There was a sudden sickening sense of disaster. I felt a great lurch and heel, and a thunder of sound filled my ears. I was conscious, in a terrified moment, of being driven into the front and side of my bunk with tremendous force. At the same time there was a tearing cracking sound, as if Tzu Hang was being ripped apart, and water burst solidly, raging into the cabin. There was darkness, black boards, and I fought wildly to get out, thinking Tzu Hang had already gone. Then suddenly I was standing again, waist deep in water, and floorboards and cushions, mattresses and books were sloshing in wild confusion round me.’
Miles Smeeton and his wife Beryl sailed their ft Bermuda ketch, Tzu Hang, in the wild seas of Cape Horn, following the tracks of the old sailing clippers through the world’s most notorious waters. This is an exciting true story of survival against all odds, but it is also a thoughtful book which provides hard-learned lessons for other intrepid sailors.
As Nevil Shute writes in his foreword: ‘It has been left to Miles Smeeton to tell us in clear and simple language
High Endeavours: The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Miles and Beryl Smeeton
Miles Smeeton and his wife, Beryl were cruising trailblazers. Their daughter Clio recalls a lifetime of sailing with her parents and in her own boats
Miles Smeeton and his wife, Beryl were cruising trailblazers. Their daughter Clio recalls a lifetime of sailing with her parents and in her own boats
A heavy squall blew up in the Bay of Biscay. I was right out along Tzu Hang’s bowsprit and all my parents could do was to shout for me to hang on while the spray soaked me. From my perspective it was better than being on a roller coaster.’
Clio Smeeton, the only child of the trailblazing cruising couple, Beryl and Miles Smeeton, looks back warmly on an adventurous childhood.
‘Growing up with my parents certainly gave me confidence,’ she recalls, as she described the voyages she undertook with them. Now approaching her 80s and hanging up her sailing boots with the sale of Pescadou, the double-ended, 40ft steel ketch she owns with husband Ken Weagle, seems an apt time to look back at the legacy of this remarkable family.
Clio’s parents, Beryl and Miles Smeeton, were both destined for the Army, a lifestyle which kindled each of their appetites for adventure.
Watching her
Beryl Smeeton
Beryl Smeeton was a renowned explorer known for her travels in mountaineering, sailing, farming, and wildlife conservation throughout her long career. Among her many accomplishments, she journeyed around the Cape Horn and survived multiple accidents in the attempt and she founded the Cochrane Ecological Institute (CEI) which is dedicated to breeding endangered wildlife.
Born in , Beryl Smeeton was raised in a family of British soldiers. She met her husband, Miles Smeeton, in who would be a lifelong exploration companion. Shortly after their marriage in , Smeeton embarked on her first major act of exploration. Alongside her husband, she attempted to climb the 25, ft (7, m) Tirich Mir, in the Himalayas, with Tenzing Norgay, the famous mountaineer who ascended Mount Everest. Although unsuccessful in her summit of the mountain, she was recognized as one of the few women to climb to such elevation in recorded history and helped set a precedent for future female mountaineers.
After World War II, the couple settled down on a farm on Salt Spring Island, BC with their daughter Clio. This was a farm Beryl had bought during the war with aspirations of becoming an agricul
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