EP 18. Christian Beamish

More thoroughly accounted for was his solo sail from San Diego down through Baja in his self-constructed boat, beautifully retold in ‘Voyage of the Cormorant – memoir of a changeable sea’. A line of sight crossing and self-reliant exploration for surf – one that saw him sleeping under canvas tarp whist anchored up to the kelp beds, surfing and fishing in pristine ocean with no one around and lentil and coffee rations as he lived by the weather systems in an 18foot open boat.

The book not just about the sailing and the people he met along the way but a wonderful account of an inner and outer journey. There are few people able to write about surf in a way that speaks to a wider audience, William Finnegan always comes to mind, but Christian is certainly another. Something that no doubt comes through years of experience as associate editor of the revered Surfers Journal.

Ich möchte noch hinzufügen, dass wir im Ausstellungsraum hinter Christians Shaping Bay saßen, Sie werden also ein paar Hintergrundgespräche und auf halbem Weg einen Cameo-Auftritt von Christians Tochter hören …

Also los geht’s, Folge 18 von „Hell or High Water“ mit Christian Beamish – Boote, Bretter und Baja.