Question 1.
What was the narrator’s purpose of making the voyage from Plymouth, in 1976?
Question 2.
What preparations did the author and his wife make for their round-the-world sea voyage?
Answers
Answer 1:
The narrator’s purpose of making the voyage in 1976 was to duplicate the round-the-world voyage undertaken 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook. This idea had inspired their thoughts for 16 years and they spent their leisure time practising their seafaring skills in British waters.
Answer 2:
Honed their seafaring skills.
Answer 1. Describe in brief how the voyage began in July 1976 from Plymouth, England and ended at a small island lle Amsterdam in the South Indian Ocean. The narrator wanted 'to duplicate' the round-the-world voyage made 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook. For the past 16 years they had been making preparations...
Answer 2. The narrator and his wife decide to take a voyage around the world as famous Captain James Cook did 200 years back. They prepare and practice their seafaring skills for the past 16 years. They get a 23 meters long ship with 30 tons made of wooden, which they named as Wave Walker.