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Sailing Book Title?
Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of the
'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought a decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the UK. Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or email me direct. Many thanks A |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
Why not port here and let the rest of know?
Ian On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:11:07 GMT, "Adam H" <adam.t.harvey@REMOVEntlworld.com> wrote: >Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of the >'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought a >decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the UK. > >Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or >email me direct. > >Many thanks > >A > |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
"Adam H" <adam.t.harvey@REMOVEntlworld.com> wrote in message news:%WhCi.2821$6u5.946@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net... > Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of the > 'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought a > decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the UK. > > Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or > email me direct. > > Many thanks > > A SAILING TO FREEDOM By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall Cheers John |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
>> Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of
>> the >> 'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought > a >> decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the > UK. >> Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or >> email me direct. > > SAILING TO FREEDOM > By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall Spot on! Many thanks! A |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
"John" <spamblock@tanygraig.f9.co.uk> writes:
> "Adam H" <adam.t.harvey@REMOVEntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:%WhCi.2821$6u5.946@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net... >> Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of the >> 'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought > a >> decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the > UK. >> >> Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or >> email me direct. >> >> Many thanks >> >> A > > SAILING TO FREEDOM > By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall > I just looked it up. Interesting but they, it seems, didn't escape the arrival of the eastern bloc on that yacht as they sailed it from Stockholm. But I don't blame them for fleeing on. Swedish authorities didn't exactly receive WWII refugees with open arms. -- Martin Schöön "Problems worthy of attack show their worth by hitting back." Piet Hein |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:21:42 +0200, martin.schoon@gmail.com (Martin Schöön)
wrote: >"John" <spamblock@tanygraig.f9.co.uk> writes: > >> "Adam H" <adam.t.harvey@REMOVEntlworld.com> wrote in message >> news:%WhCi.2821$6u5.946@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net... >>> Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of the >>> 'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought >> a >>> decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the >> UK. >>> >>> Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or >>> email me direct. >>> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> A >> >> SAILING TO FREEDOM >> By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall >> >I just looked it up. Interesting but they, it seems, didn't escape >the arrival of the eastern bloc on that yacht as they sailed it from >Stockholm. But I don't blame them for fleeing on. Swedish authorities >didn't exactly receive WWII refugees with open arms. I thought a sizeable part of the Jewish population of Denmark escaped to Sweden during WWII. -- Martin |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
Martin <me@address.invalid> writes:
> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:21:42 +0200, martin.schoon@gmail.com (Martin Schöön) > wrote: > > >"John" <spamblock@tanygraig.f9.co.uk> writes: > > > >> "Adam H" <adam.t.harvey@REMOVEntlworld.com> wrote in message > >> news:%WhCi.2821$6u5.946@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net... > >>> Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of the > >>> 'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought > >> a > >>> decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the > >> UK. > >>> > >>> Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or > >>> email me direct. > >>> > >>> Many thanks > >>> > >>> A > >> > >> SAILING TO FREEDOM > >> By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall > >> > >I just looked it up. Interesting but they, it seems, didn't escape > >the arrival of the eastern bloc on that yacht as they sailed it from > >Stockholm. But I don't blame them for fleeing on. Swedish authorities > >didn't exactly receive WWII refugees with open arms. > > I thought a sizeable part of the Jewish population of Denmark escaped > to Sweden during WWII. Sure but were they received with 'open arms'? I don't know but if they were they belong to happy minority. All refugee families from the Baltics got a letter from the Swedish state that made it clear that Sweden would like them to return home or move on. Very few returned but many, many moved on. -- Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> "Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back" Piet Hein |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
On 10 Sep 2007 12:49:15 +0200, Martin.Schoon@gmail.com (Schöön Martin) wrote:
>Martin <me@address.invalid> writes: > >> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:21:42 +0200, martin.schoon@gmail.com (Martin Schöön) >> wrote: >> >> >"John" <spamblock@tanygraig.f9.co.uk> writes: >> > >> >> "Adam H" <adam.t.harvey@REMOVEntlworld.com> wrote in message >> >> news:%WhCi.2821$6u5.946@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net... >> >>> Years ago I read a book written about a family escaping the arrival of the >> >>> 'eastern bloc' in their home country of Estonia. Summarised, they bought >> >> a >> >>> decent sized yacht, victualled it and then set sail to the USA, via the >> >> UK. >> >>> >> >>> Has anyone else read it? Can anyone remember the title? Please post or >> >>> email me direct. >> >>> >> >>> Many thanks >> >>> >> >>> A >> >> >> >> SAILING TO FREEDOM >> >> By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall >> >> >> >I just looked it up. Interesting but they, it seems, didn't escape >> >the arrival of the eastern bloc on that yacht as they sailed it from >> >Stockholm. But I don't blame them for fleeing on. Swedish authorities >> >didn't exactly receive WWII refugees with open arms. >> >> I thought a sizeable part of the Jewish population of Denmark escaped >> to Sweden during WWII. > >Sure but were they received with 'open arms'? I don't know but if >they were they belong to happy minority. They certainly weren;t sent back. >All refugee families from >the Baltics got a letter from the Swedish state that made it clear >that Sweden would like them to return home or move on. Very few >returned but many, many moved on. They moved on to UK and the Commonwealth. -- Martin |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
Martin <me@address.invalid> writes:
> On 10 Sep 2007 12:49:15 +0200, Martin.Schoon@gmail.com (Schöön Martin) wrote: > >>Martin <me@address.invalid> writes: >> >>> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:21:42 +0200, martin.schoon@gmail.com (Martin Schöön) >>> wrote: >>> >>> >"John" <spamblock@tanygraig.f9.co.uk> writes: >>> > >>> >> SAILING TO FREEDOM >>> >> By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall >>> >> >>> >I just looked it up. Interesting but they, it seems, didn't escape >>> >the arrival of the eastern bloc on that yacht as they sailed it from >>> >Stockholm. But I don't blame them for fleeing on. Swedish authorities >>> >didn't exactly receive WWII refugees with open arms. >>> >>> I thought a sizeable part of the Jewish population of Denmark escaped >>> to Sweden during WWII. >> >>Sure but were they received with 'open arms'? I don't know but if >>they were they belong to happy minority. > > They certainly weren;t sent back. Unlike some unlucky guys from the Baltic states. Those were the ones that had not burnt their uniforms when entering Sweden. I know one who did and thus survived. The Swedish Communist party wanted to send back all 30000+ civilians as well. > >>All refugee families from >>the Baltics got a letter from the Swedish state that made it clear >>that Sweden would like them to return home or move on. Very few >>returned but many, many moved on. > > They moved on to UK and the Commonwealth. Someone once told me the biggest 'Estonian' city was not Tallinn but one of Canada's cities. I don't remember which one. -- Martin Schöön "Problems worthy of attack show their worth by hitting back." Piet Hein |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:17:40 +0200, martin.schoon@gmail.com (Martin Schöön)
wrote: >Martin <me@address.invalid> writes: > >> On 10 Sep 2007 12:49:15 +0200, Martin.Schoon@gmail.com (Schöön Martin) wrote: >> >>>Martin <me@address.invalid> writes: >>> >>>> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:21:42 +0200, martin.schoon@gmail.com (Martin Schöön) >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >"John" <spamblock@tanygraig.f9.co.uk> writes: >>>> > >>>> >> SAILING TO FREEDOM >>>> >> By Voldemar Veedam and Carl B Wall >>>> >> >>>> >I just looked it up. Interesting but they, it seems, didn't escape >>>> >the arrival of the eastern bloc on that yacht as they sailed it from >>>> >Stockholm. But I don't blame them for fleeing on. Swedish authorities >>>> >didn't exactly receive WWII refugees with open arms. >>>> >>>> I thought a sizeable part of the Jewish population of Denmark escaped >>>> to Sweden during WWII. >>> >>>Sure but were they received with 'open arms'? I don't know but if >>>they were they belong to happy minority. >> >> They certainly weren;t sent back. > >Unlike some unlucky guys from the Baltic states. Those were the ones >that had not burnt their uniforms when entering Sweden. I know one who >did and thus survived. The Swedish Communist party wanted to send back >all 30000+ civilians as well. >> >>>All refugee families from >>>the Baltics got a letter from the Swedish state that made it clear >>>that Sweden would like them to return home or move on. Very few >>>returned but many, many moved on. >> >> They moved on to UK and the Commonwealth. > >Someone once told me the biggest 'Estonian' city was not Tallinn but >one of Canada's cities. I don't remember which one. The biggest Karpathos city is in the USA. -- Martin |
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Re: Sailing Book Title?
Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>All refugee families from > >>the Baltics got a letter from the Swedish state that made it clear > >>that Sweden would like them to return home or move on. Very few > >>returned but many, many moved on. > > > > They moved on to UK and the Commonwealth. > > Someone once told me the biggest 'Estonian' city was not Tallinn but > one of Canada's cities. I don't remember which one. It's ironic that the UK shipped many Italian blackshirts to Canada at the end of the war. |
