just a simple seaman
just a simple seaman

Author: Andrew Parks

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-04-12

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1467013951

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Just a Simple Seaman is a heartwarming story, initially of being brought up and schooled in post-war England with anecdotes of family life and childhood mischief. The book continues by recounting Andrew’s life after he left home at the age of sixteen seeking adventure on the high seas as an apprenticed navigation officer in the British Merchant Navy at a time when the Red Ensign was flown with pride on vessels in ports all over the world. The book relates his observations and experiences while sailing on cargo liners for the following four years – until he met the love of his life at a school reunion. It is a book of warmth, humour, poignancy and occasional sadness.

Voyages of a Simple Sailor
Voyages of a Simple Sailor

Author: Roger D. Taylor

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2012-05-17

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0955803551

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This book is a distillation of over 50 years of sailing experience, describing small-boat voyaging from a unique and deeply considered perspective.

Brazil Red
Brazil Red

Author: Jean-Christophe Rufin

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780393052077

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Rufin presents two conflicting views of man and nature as he tells the story of two orphaned children who are dragged off on a French colonizing expedition where they are meant to learn the native languages and act as interpreters.

A Seaman's Book of Sea Stories
A Seaman's Book of Sea Stories

Author: Desmond Fforde

Publisher: Headline Accent

Published: 2012-12-20

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1909335231

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"Just the sort of book one likes to find on a yacht's bookshelf between watches." - Classic Boat Magazine Set sail on a voyage of discovery of great nautical stories. These stories range from the Napoleonic wars, via ships that traded under sail round Cape Horn, to what it was like to take charge of a ship in Convoy, serve in the force-ends of a submarine or fly a Corsair against the Japanese. If you have seen WW1 picture of a ship in dazzle camouflage, there is a description of how it came about, and the Dunkirk evacuation is movingly depicted. Lastly there is Uffa Fox's airbone lifeboat: a real masterpiece of design, and what a man!

Buoy in the Fog
Buoy in the Fog

Author: M. Wagner

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published: 2023-03-31

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1977263518

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A musical jazz riff triggers Jack Springer to venture out to sea in a heavy fog. He encounters a buoy with an ominous presence. The sight of it is unnerving yet comfortingly familiar. Moments later Jack is pushed into reliving a series of nightmarishly close encounters with death. It begins innocently enough with his adolescent preoccupation with girls and cars. And thus begins the quest to find his dream-girl. Jack recounts an adventuresome life, heralding how Stupidity, Bravery, Bravado and Dumb Luck over comes the forces of his Karma occasionally venturing in the wrong direction. Based on a true story.