The Unsinkable Kilcullen. Across the Atlantic By Inflatable and Other Ways to Get Wet by O'Coineen, Enda - 1987

London: The Bodley Head, 1987. . Adventutous, romantic, full of Irish charm and humour, this is one of the most unusual, original and refreshing sea-going narratives to have been published for many a year. To set out deliberately to cross 2800 miles of stormy waters all alone in a 16 ft, rubber dinghy with barely two feet of freeboard requires certain unique gifts of character.....or deficiencies of mind! The author made his first unsuccessful attempt at the age of 21, setting out from Boston in 1977. Eight years later he resumed his unfinished business with the North Atlantic in 'Kilcullen III' successfully. The author received the Black Bush Award for Outstanding Human Endeavour. A generous list of illustrations provided....one entire section in colour. Twenty-one very interesting chapters, three appendices and maps. A clean, bright book (with no ownership markings) in a lovely photo dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.