A Speck On the Sea - Book

Looks back half a millennium to chronicle the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest of boats-rowboats, canoes, and tiny sailboats like Hugo Vihlen's 6 ft. April Fool. This is history, adventure and seafaring legend of the highest order.

William Longyard's history of small-boat ocean voyages covers five centuries of crossings made in rowboats, canoes, kayaks and tiny sailboats, among them Hugo Vihlen's six-foot April Fool. The book profiles the sailors and paddlers who set out on the open ocean in the smallest of craft.

Published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press in 2004, the paperback suits readers interested in seafaring adventure, sailing history and the limits of what small boats and determined people can do.