1һ<br > he Cruise ofP Arctic Star iS the story of a voyage from<br > San Diego tO the Columbia Riveralong the California and<br > Oregon coastsItS the first part of a longer voyage that<br > took four summers and went on along the coast from the<br > Columbia tO Seattlethrough the Inland Passage tO Alaska<br > Much of the story is a voyage into the pastIt follows<br > in the wake of the Spanish explorers Juan Cabrillo and<br > Sebastifin Vizcalnothe English pirate Sir Francis Drake<br > the merchant sailor Richard Henry Dana and captains of<br > the New England clippersIt also follows the footsteps of<br > such landsmen as Father SerraJed SmithLean JohnKit<br > Carson and John SutterSo the book has tO do with the<br > land and the seathe past and the present<br > For those interested in boat detailsA rctic Star iS an off<br > shore cruisermodeled after the Alaskan fishing trawlers<br > designed by Ed Monk and built in SeattleShe iS fifty feet<br > overalldisplaces thirtytWO tons and iS planked with tWO<br >