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First on Inchmurrin
Reliance
Inexperienced & fleeing creditors, Ann went to sea with Frank,
bound for Cuba, before Reliance was complete..
Currents took their life raft out to sea, where waves swept them off,
time and again, after theyd managed to re-board.
Frank perished in the
frigid waters.
Ann Davison
Originally named Peter Piper, Felicity Ann
was hull number 12 of a line of stock
wooden four-ton sloops by Mashford
Bros.
Madeira
(island)
Ann left
Las Palmas
in the
Canary Islands
on
November 20th,
1952
65 days of doing without
not enough food
she had provisioned for only 30 days
not enough sleep
self-steering gear didnt exist
she hove to when she needed rest
no contact with others
no news from others
no way to report that she was safe
rare aircraft sightings of her status
no modern navigational assistance
From Dec. 14- Jan. 5, Ann experienced severe
doldrum conditions. With no self-steering gear,
she pulled down the sails, leaving the boat to
drift, when asleep.
Ann finally anchored in Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica,
two days after being blown past Antigua & Barbados.
.
Curiosity
Adventure
Romance
Pursuit of beauty and truth,
all of that
Ann lived aboard FA, cruising back and forth between New York
and the Bahamas with the seasons, visiting with other sailors.