num_pages: 272
description: (Extract)'The little galley crept up the European shore, the crew still rowing easily to save their strength before the next ordeal. I saw the millrace at Bebek point from at least half a mile away. The water was shooting round the corner in a seething mass where a rocky spur thrust out into the current flow. Whirlpools gyrated away from the edge of the race; blobs of foam dipped and spun in the hurrying current. As we drew nearer I called a warning to the crew; 'Thirty yards to go to the race ! ... Twenty .. start building up boat speed !' ... Just in front of me Mark began to say 'Couldn't we stay on this side ? Perhaps get round the point inside the current, and ..' But before he finished his sentence Argo's bow hit the race and I heard his startled gasp. It was like steering failure in a moving car . Argo simply went out of control.'
language: English
title: THE JASON VOYAGE: The Quest for the Golden Fleece
titlecomplete: THE JASON VOYAGE: The Quest for the Golden Fleece
genres: Nonfiction, Maritime, Greece, Mythology, Travel, History, Adventure
ratings_count: 199
series: Voyage
publisher: Random House UK