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William Dunlap

What Would You Ask Hugo Vihlen About Sailing Father’s Day?

If you could ask Hugo Vihlen, who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a 5′ 4″ sailboat one question, what would it be? What would you ask his wife, Johnnie? That exactly the situation I found myself in this weekend.

Bernie Harberts' well-worn copy of Hugo Vihlen's book The Stormy Voyage of Father's Day
My well-worn copy of Hugo’s book The Stormy Voyage of Father’s Day. The book is about Hugo’s voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in his boat Father’s Day which is shorter than I am tall (I’m 5′ 7″). You can… Continue reading →