Lennon Log Book for Auction
According to this report from the BBC, A ship’s log book written by John Lennon during a stormy trip to Bermuda in 1980 is expected to make up to £25,000 at a London sale next month. The log contains an account of the former Beatle screaming against the tempest and singing old Liverpool shanty songs while steering the ship.
Lennon credited the voyage with helping him overcome writer’s block – he went on to write album Double Fantasy.
Lennon’s son Sean, who was four at the time, accompanied him on the trip.
The logbook is being sold at Madame Tussaud’s on 19 April.
Lennon, who had chartered the Megan Jaye from Rhode Island in the US, had to take over the helm when all the other crew members fell ill.
“It was just like going on stage, at first you panic and then you’re ready to throw up your guts. But once you got out there and start doing your stuff you forget your fears and you got high on your performance,” he wrote.
Lennon steered the ship to safety and they arrived in Bermuda on the 11 June 1980.
Other John Lennon related items in the auction include:
- A letter from Lennon and fellow Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr to Linda McCartney’s father Lee Eastman.
- An old schoolbook belonging to Lennon, which features an illustration from Lewis Carroll’s The Walrus and the Carpenter, the inspiration behind Beatles track, I Am The Walrus
- Lennon’s christening bracelet
- His writing desk from his Aunt Mimi’s house
