Author: John Harris
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755127803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Edward Bourdillon’s parents perished on the waves and, brought up by his uncle who owns a boatyard, Edward leads a life in love with the sea - until he sinks his uncle’s yacht. Soon he is bound for Cape Town on an old tramp steamer. From earthquakes to shipwreck, his fortune turns sour until forgiveness and World War One loom on the horizon.
The Quick Boat Men
Author: John Harris
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755127803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Edward Bourdillon’s parents perished on the waves and, brought up by his uncle who owns a boatyard, Edward leads a life in love with the sea - until he sinks his uncle’s yacht. Soon he is bound for Cape Town on an old tramp steamer. From earthquakes to shipwreck, his fortune turns sour until forgiveness and World War One loom on the horizon.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755127803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Edward Bourdillon’s parents perished on the waves and, brought up by his uncle who owns a boatyard, Edward leads a life in love with the sea - until he sinks his uncle’s yacht. Soon he is bound for Cape Town on an old tramp steamer. From earthquakes to shipwreck, his fortune turns sour until forgiveness and World War One loom on the horizon.
Men of Kent
Author: Rick Rinehart
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762766670
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Men of Kent is, first and foremost, an archetypical sports tale—a story of the improbable happening to the unlikely, unfolding against the backdrop of a turbulent era. Both an homage and a unique inside look at the fast-growing sport of rowing, it embraces the sport’s history, traditions, and culture as it tells the story of ten ordinary boys and their coach from Kent, Connecticut, who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances during the spring and summer of 1972. The KentSchool’s 1972 crew, of which the author was a part, had a 46-0 winning streak, broke three course records, and claimed a national championship. In its final race, at the fabled Henley Royal Regatta in England—a race broadcast on television worldwide—it barely edged the Canadian National Champions. Kent’s achievement merited a banner headline in the New York Times sports section, and is regarded as one of the most breathtaking finishes in Henley’s long history.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762766670
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Men of Kent is, first and foremost, an archetypical sports tale—a story of the improbable happening to the unlikely, unfolding against the backdrop of a turbulent era. Both an homage and a unique inside look at the fast-growing sport of rowing, it embraces the sport’s history, traditions, and culture as it tells the story of ten ordinary boys and their coach from Kent, Connecticut, who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances during the spring and summer of 1972. The KentSchool’s 1972 crew, of which the author was a part, had a 46-0 winning streak, broke three course records, and claimed a national championship. In its final race, at the fabled Henley Royal Regatta in England—a race broadcast on television worldwide—it barely edged the Canadian National Champions. Kent’s achievement merited a banner headline in the New York Times sports section, and is regarded as one of the most breathtaking finishes in Henley’s long history.
The Quick Boat Men
Author: John HARRIS
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Languages : en
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Four Guys in a Boat
Author: Kjell Christophersen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944482350
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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"When does a man quit the sea?" asked E.B. White. "Does he quit while he's ahead, or wait till he makes some major mistake?" Skipper and the crew seem to thrive pushing for the latter. Sailing alongside killer whales. Flying the Canadian flag upside down while coasting blithely into Victoria. Debating who gets left behind the day they have to squeeze into the three-man lifeboat. Interrogated by the US Coast Guard. Running aground. Losing themselves in blinding sea fog. Standing rapt beneath Taps' benediction as the American flag retires in Roche Harbor. For Kjell, John, Ed, and Skipper, sailing is about far more than simply passing time on the water. It's about the love of familiar faces and the thirst for new horizons-on land or sea. It's about the bond created by the sheer accumulation of memories, just a few of which are in this book. What else could explain why four grandpas (all north of sixty) spend four days navigating the San Juan islands every summer for fifteen years, when only one of them grew up sailing and he (given the opportunity) might cheerfully capsize the boat?
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ISBN: 9781944482350
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"When does a man quit the sea?" asked E.B. White. "Does he quit while he's ahead, or wait till he makes some major mistake?" Skipper and the crew seem to thrive pushing for the latter. Sailing alongside killer whales. Flying the Canadian flag upside down while coasting blithely into Victoria. Debating who gets left behind the day they have to squeeze into the three-man lifeboat. Interrogated by the US Coast Guard. Running aground. Losing themselves in blinding sea fog. Standing rapt beneath Taps' benediction as the American flag retires in Roche Harbor. For Kjell, John, Ed, and Skipper, sailing is about far more than simply passing time on the water. It's about the love of familiar faces and the thirst for new horizons-on land or sea. It's about the bond created by the sheer accumulation of memories, just a few of which are in this book. What else could explain why four grandpas (all north of sixty) spend four days navigating the San Juan islands every summer for fifteen years, when only one of them grew up sailing and he (given the opportunity) might cheerfully capsize the boat?
The Seamen's and Boatmen's Manuals
Author: J. K. Davis
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Category : Sermons, American
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Sermons, American
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Spirit of the Lakes, and Boatmen's Magazine
Author: R. H. Leonard
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Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Storm Warriors
Author: John Gilmore
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"O Mamma, I do hope that we shall be wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, that we may be saved by the brave life-boat men!" "You horrid boy, hold your tongue, do," replied the Mamma, who was anticipating, with some degree of nervousness, starting upon a voyage for Australia in about three weeks' time, and could scarcely be expected to enter to the full into her young son's very practical enthusiasm. But within the last half hour the boy's shrill voice had been heard at the Ramsgate pier-head, among the cheers that welcomed the life-boat back from a night of toil and triumph on the Goodwin; and for the present, to be saved from a wreck by the life-boat men is to him one of the most delightful ideas on earth.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"O Mamma, I do hope that we shall be wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, that we may be saved by the brave life-boat men!" "You horrid boy, hold your tongue, do," replied the Mamma, who was anticipating, with some degree of nervousness, starting upon a voyage for Australia in about three weeks' time, and could scarcely be expected to enter to the full into her young son's very practical enthusiasm. But within the last half hour the boy's shrill voice had been heard at the Ramsgate pier-head, among the cheers that welcomed the life-boat back from a night of toil and triumph on the Goodwin; and for the present, to be saved from a wreck by the life-boat men is to him one of the most delightful ideas on earth.
THE LIFE-BOAT OR JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION VOL. IV
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Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Languages : en
Pages : 548
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St. Nicholas
Author: Mary Mapes Dodge
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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St. Nicholas
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Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Languages : en
Pages : 598
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