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aeckhart
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Initially Posted - 01/03/2005 : 07:46:37

Winter is the time of year when we begin planning next years cruise, upgrading our boats if the weather allows, and reading. I rencently ran across two books which may be of interest. The first is written by Gary Paulson, a noted auther of books for teens. Titled "The Voyage of the Frog", it is an excellent, and entertaining short story which provides a number of lessons for those of us who sail off-shore.

The second, "The Billy Ruffian", by David Cordingly, is termed a biography of a ship-of-the-line, and is the story of the Bellerophon, a 74-gun 3d rate which fought in every major sea battle during the Nepolianic Wars. It provides an excellent summary of how ships in the Royale Navy of the time were commissioned, built,and fought.

Al
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Al Eckhart
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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 01/03/2005 : 08:08:06

After six months I'm still tring to finish Post Captian by Patrick O'Brian. I try to make it a point to read a novel before I see the movie. So I read Master and Commander. Liked it so much I started the next one in the series. I'm just a very slow reader. Maybe I'll look up the short story so I can actually finish it.

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Response Posted - 01/03/2005 : 09:07:33

"Godforsaken Sea"/ "The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst" (Wrong room to list authors) Two books that will stick to your ribs forever......First one about the 96 Vendee Globe, where four boats went turtle in the Southern Ocean......Second one about a participant in the 196? challenge to be the first to singlehandedly circumnavigate. Ends up faking it, then not wanting to cross the finish line, and stepping overboard, leaving the logs and diaries. The boat is found intact, and the story reconstructed. (It will wake you up for days....)

Oscar
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 01/03/2005 : 09:17:22

Ben,

Read the entire O'Brian series two years ago. A similar but equally excellent series is the Ramage series by Dudley Pope. Another starts with the book "By Force of Arms" by James Nelson, which is about a fighting captain in the American Revolutiionary Navy. Both are every bit as good as O'Brian.

By the way, the movie, at least the title, is actually from two of O'Brians books in the series.

Al
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bnpirate
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Response Posted - 01/06/2005 : 00:48:15

i am reading " the only life that matters" by james nelson. its the story of calico jack rathman, anne bonny and mary reid. pirates all.

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At Ease
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Response Posted - 01/06/2005 : 14:06:05

Now if you guys were really serious sailors, you'd be reading Nigel Calder's "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electical Manual." 600 pages of how to maintain, repair and improve your boat's essential systems.

Bert

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 01/06/2005 : 17:50:57

Anyone here read Total Loss? It's a compilation of survival stories from sunken yachts but I'm too cheap to buy it without hearing some good reviews first.

Steve

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ilnadi
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Response Posted - 01/06/2005 : 18:29:23

I drag it around (airports, bathroom) reading a few pages when I can.I wish it was a bit more portable. It's heavier than my laptop computer.
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Bert
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 01/06/2005 : 19:22:21

Hey Bert,
How does that Calder book come out? Does it have a happy ending?
Just kidding, I have that book too.

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At Ease
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Response Posted - 01/06/2005 : 19:50:25

Frank,

I can attest that all the endings are not happy! Don't forget, we're dealing with boats here. Kind of like a helicopter I flew in a previous life in SE Asia..."if it hasn't broken yet, it's getting ready to."

Bert

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