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Christian Beamish

Christian Beamish, author of The Voyage of the Cormorant (Patagonia Books, 2012), lives in Santa Barbara County with his wife and daughter.

Excerpt from “The Voyage of the Cormorant” by Christian Beamish
Illustration: Ken Perkins
Excerpt from “The Voyage of the Cormorant” by Christian Beamish
Christian Beamish

Excerpted from chapter one of The Voyage of the Cormorant—new edition now available in paperback. A two-week supply of food, water, and gear in dry bags fit neatly in the boat, and I secured my surfboard in a padded bag over the top of my stowed equipment. My plan was to sail the sparsely populated…

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All Better Now? The Refugio Oil Spill, Three Months On
All Better Now? The Refugio Oil Spill, Three Months On
All Better Now? The Refugio Oil Spill, Three Months On
Christian Beamish

With ancestor chants evoking the original stewards of these shores, Chris Malloy, the Farm League crew and I put together a video short to comment on the Refugio Oil Spill. I did a voice-over at Todd Hannigan’s amazing recording studio based on some lines I wrote, but after a nip from the flask to loosen…

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The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 3
The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 3
The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 3
Christian Beamish

“Check out that fin,” my buddy, Dillon Joyce, said. And there it was, 50 feet off the stern, an unmistakable dorsal, weaving in a slow “S” through the water. Wasn’t the sharp triangle-shape of a whitey, and as we were five- or six-miles out from Santa Cruz Island on our long sail back to the…

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The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 2
The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 2
The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 2
Christian Beamish

When the pintle snapped I felt a moment’s disbelief and then something like panic spark down in my belly. But I tamped that feeling with a long drink of water and a pep talk, noting to myself that I was not injured, that I had plenty of food and water, and that the conditions were…

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The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 1
The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 1
The Voyage(s) of the Cormorant, Part 1
Christian Beamish

If I’ve learned anything in these recent years of open boat adventuring aboard my 18-footer, Cormorant, it’s that everything is fine until it isn’t. But also, as Yvon says, “The real adventure starts when something goes wrong…” Late July, 2014—Shoving off from Gaviota for the 27-mile crossing to San Miguel Island came with a new…

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Days of Light: Surfing Alaska with the Malloy Brothers
Days of Light: Surfing Alaska with the Malloy Brothers
Days of Light: Surfing Alaska with the Malloy Brothers
Christian Beamish

By Christian Beamish You know it’s going to stay light until midnight in Alaska. Everyone knows this. But after three days here it still feels unreal and comes with a psychedelic quality of glowing sunsets that last four hours and never completely fade to night. Then there is the sheer vastness of the territory –…

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Excerpt from “The Voyage of the Cormorant” by Christian Beamish
Excerpt from “The Voyage of the Cormorant” by Christian Beamish
Excerpt from “The Voyage of the Cormorant” by Christian Beamish
Christian Beamish

Patagonia Books is proud to announce our latest release: Christian Beamish’s first book The Voyage of the Cormorant, which tells of his journey down the Pacific coast of Baja in an 18-foot open boat he built himself. The book includes maps and is illustrated by Ken Perkins. Below is an excerpt: From Chapter 3 –…

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