01579nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200180007610000170009424500210011126000290013230000140016150010710017565000120124694200120125899900190127095201080128920250627175625.0250627s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780743243094  a910.9164bTHO  aThorpe, Nick 0a8 Men and a Duck  bSimon and Schusterc2003  a268 pages  aEven with the wind on our side and all eight of us pulling, we had never yet managed to change the complex sails....Now we had to pull against the full force of the wind, in a storm, in the middle of the night.... So begins Nick Thorpe's unlikely journey to sail 2,500 miles from northern Chile to Easter Island on the Viracocha -- a boat made of reeds. Captain Phil Buck's desire to test the waters in this pre-Incan boat was twofold: to reopen the controversial migration theories of Thor Heyerdahl, who sailed his boat the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947, and to have one heck of a time in the process. With a crew that includes a tree surgeon, a jewelry salesman, and two ducks, Thorpe embarks on an unnerving Pacific voyage that is by turns fierce and farce: from the bungled phone call that triggered a naval rescue alert to the constant race against the inexorable sinking of the soggy hull. A story of high tides and even higher stakes, 8 Men and a Duck is a tale of friendship, fate, and the unlikely distances people will travel for true adventure.  aFiction  cENGLISH  c574155d574155  00104070aACLbACLc7Bd2025-06-27l0o910.9164 THOp474572r2025-06-27 17:56:25w2025-06-27yENGLISH