The Way Of A Ship

Author : Derek Lundy
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062283436

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The Way of a Ship by Derek Lundy Pdf

When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exciting, and more terrifying, than he could have ever imagined: a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around that notorious "graveyard of ships," Cape Horn. A century later, Derek Lundy, author of the bestselling Godforsaken Sea and an accomplished amateur seaman himself, set out to recount his forebear's journey. The Way of a Ship is a mesmerizing account of life on board a square-rigger, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing voyage through the most dangerous waters. Derek Lundy's masterful account evokes the excitement, romance, and brutality of a bygone era -- "a fantastic ride through one of the greatest moments in the history of adventure" (Seattle Times).

Author : Alex Roland,W. Jeffrey Bolster,Alexander Keyssar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470136003

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The Way of the Ship by Alex Roland,W. Jeffrey Bolster,Alexander Keyssar Pdf

"The Way of the Ship offers a global perspective and considers both oceanic shipping and domestics shipping along America's coasts and inland waterways, with explanations of the forces that influenced the way of the ship. The result is an eye-opening, authoritative look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shape the nation's history."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Alan Villiers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Nautical training-schools
ISBN : UOM:39015006088242

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The Way of a Ship by Alan Villiers Pdf

Author : Alan Villiers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Seafaring life
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041704938

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Give Me a Ship to Sail by Alan Villiers Pdf

Experiences and adventures of the mariner-author since the close of World War 2. Major portion of the book covers the voyage of the "Mayflower 2d."

Author : Derek Lundy
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307369888

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The Way of a Ship by Derek Lundy Pdf

From the author of Godforsaken Sea -- a #1 bestseller in Canada and “one of the best books ever written about sailing” (Time magazine) -- comes a magnificent re-creation of a square-rigger voyage round Cape Horn at the end of the 19th century. In The Way of a Ship, Derek Lundy places his seafaring great-great uncle, Benjamin Lundy, on board the Beara Head and brings to life the ship’s community as it performs the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the sea. The “beautiful, widow-making, deep-sea” sailing ships could sail fast in almost all weather and carry substantial cargo. Handling square-riggers demanded detailed and specialized skills, and life at sea, although romanticized by sea-voyage chroniclers, was often brutal. Seamen were sleep deprived and malnourished, at times half-starved, and scurvy was still a possibility. Derek Lundy reminds readers what Melville and Conrad expressed so well: that the sea voyage is an overarching metaphor for life itself. As Benjamin Lundy nears the Horn and its attendant terrors, the traditional qualities of the sailor -- fatalism, stoicism, courage, obedience to a strict hierarchy, even sentimentality -- are revealed in their dying days, as sail gave way to steam. Derek Lundy tells his gripping tale with the kind of storytelling skill and writerly breadth that is usually the ken of our finest novelists, and in so doing, imagines a harrowing and wholly credible history for his seafaring Irish-Canadian ancestor.

Author : Richard Runciman Terry
Publisher : Fireship Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781934757611

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The Way of the Ship by Richard Runciman Terry Pdf

"This book is a gold mine for anyone who wants to know how the sea shanty was authentically used and sung." They say that sea shanties-authentic sea shanties-are no more. They died with the sailing ship, and will never again be heard in their original form. Or... will they? Richard Runciman Terry was born in 1865 to a family that had been seafarers as far back as the family history could be traced. As a child, he grew up hearing shanties sung to him by his uncles and grand-uncles-all tall-ship sailors. As a boy, he was constantly found among ships, learning more shanties, songs, and sea lore. As an adult he became one of the premier musicians of his day, as a noted organist, choir director and musicologist; but he never forgot the songs that originally inspired his love of music. Just after the turn of the century, he decided to capture as much of that dying musical heritage as he could. He sought out his relatives, and their friends, and the friends of their friends-coaxing and cajoling them into singing their repertoire of shanties so he could write them down. What he wanted was to hear the way shanties were sung, by the men who had actually worked the tall ships, and for whom the shanty had been an integral part of their everyday lives. He wanted to record the songs exactly as those men sung them, so they would not be lost to future generations. In 1921, he published his archive in the first of two books, the second one coming in 1926. Both long out of print books, with his explanatory notes and annotations, are presented here. 65 Authentic Shanties from the Age of Sail

Author : David K. Brown
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1904381405

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The Way of a Ship in the Midst of the Sea by David K. Brown Pdf

William Froude revolutionised ship design and performance by developing the first tank testing methods and formulating theories on roll, frictional resistance, propeller performance and more. This book presents the life and career of this brilliant man.

Author : Dashka Slater,Eric Fan
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Deer
ISBN : 9781786031051

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The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater,Eric Fan Pdf

An inquisitive fox sets off on a seafaring voyage with a crew of deer and pigeons in this enchanting tale of friendship and adventure. Marco the fox has a lot of questions, like: how deep does the sun go when it sinks into the sea? And why do birds have such lizardy feet? But none of the other foxes share his curiosity. So when a magnificent ship adorned with antlers and with a deer for a captain arrives at the dock looking for a crew, Marco volunteers, hoping to find foxes who are as inquisitive as he is that can answer his questions. The crew finds adventure and intrigue on their journey. And, at last, Marco finds the answer to his most important question of all: What's the best way to find a friend you can talk to?

Author : Lawrence Counselman Wroth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Navigation
ISBN : UOM:39015034720832

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The Way of a Ship by Lawrence Counselman Wroth Pdf

Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781429958110

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Looking for a Ship by John McPhee Pdf

This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.

Author : Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780446535533

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It's Your Ship by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff Pdf

The legendary New York Times bestselling tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today's uncertain business seas. When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested with him, he realized he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could improve his ship. Within months, he created a crew of confident and inspired problem-solvers eager to take the initiative and responsibility for their actions. The slogan on board became "It's your ship," and Benfold was soon recognized far and wide as a model of naval efficiency. How did Abrashoff do it? Against the backdrop of today's United States Navy, Abrashoff shares his secrets of successful management including: See the ship through the eyes of the crew: By soliciting a sailor's suggestions, Abrashoff drastically reduced tedious chores that provided little additional value. Communicate, communicate, communicate: The more Abrashoff communicated the plan, the better the crew's performance. His crew eventually started calling him "Megaphone Mike," since they heard from him so often. Create discipline by focusing on purpose: Discipline skyrocketed when Abrashoff's crew believed that what they were doing was important. Listen aggressively: After learning that many sailors wanted to use the GI Bill, Abrashoff brought a test official aboard the ship-and held the SATs forty miles off the Iraqi coast. From achieving amazing cost savings to winning the highest gunnery score in the Pacific Fleet, Captain Abrashoff's extraordinary campaign sent shock waves through the U.S. Navy. It can help you change the course of your ship, no matter where your business battles are fought.

Author : Paolo Bacigalupi
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316081689

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Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist) by Paolo Bacigalupi Pdf

Set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change, this thrilling bestseller and National BookFinalist is a gritty, high-stakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties. In America's flooded Gulf Coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life.... In this powerful novel, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a fast-paced adventure set in the vivid and raw, uncertain future of his companion novels The Drowned Cities and Tool of War. "Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the YA map with The Hunger Games...but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters, employing inventively terrifying details in equally imaginative story lines." —Los Angeles Times A New York Times Bestseller A Michael L. Printz Award Winner A National Book Award Finalist A VOYA 2010 Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers Book A Rolling Stone 40 Best YA Novels Book Don’t miss the other books in the series: The Drowned Cities Tool of War

Author : Natascha Libbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9492051389

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I Went Looking for a Ship by Natascha Libbert Pdf

I Went Looking for a Ship' is a navigation through the landscape of shipping, following the major renovation of the sea lock in IJmuiden, the most important access to the port of Amsterdam. 0Natascha Libbert documents the life inside the technical zone on and around the locks, the port of Amsterdam and the ships. She focused on themes such as destruction and construction, the increasing public invisibility of maritime transport, and the way in which the landscape is constantly changing as a result of shipping. She decided to look for a ship to be able to observe everything from another perspective and to get a grip on this landscape in transformation. Eventually, she took passage on a ship that picks up quarried stone from a mountain in Norway. 0In 'I Went Looking for a Ship', Libbert?s research and logs are the common thread, where the earthly images set the visual tone: sometimes technical, sometimes abstract and poetic. Through the use of archival footage, reference images and research, she not only highlights the history of the locks, but also tells about specific characteristics of the maritime space and the similarities between divers and astronauts.

Author : Alan Villiers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Nautical training-schools
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035285563

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The Way of a Ship by Alan Villiers Pdf

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Author : Richard Woodman
Publisher : Canelo + ORM
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781800320567

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A Ship for the King by Richard Woodman Pdf

With war on the horizon, his path to greatness will be revealed. Bristol, England, 1618. Kit Faulkner is a young vagrant orphan, taking life as he finds it in the rough world of the docks. But after a chance encounter with two men while out scavenging for food, his fortunes are changed forever. Kit is taken aboard the Swallow, a large merchant ship partly owned by the two men, and after spotting some promising qualities in him they decide to train the boy for a life at sea. And so begin the adventures of Kit, which see him rise through the ranks and risk all on the high seas. Meanwhile, England edges ever closer to civil war, and very soon Kit must choose which side he will fight for... A scintillating adventure at sea, based in detailed historical research, perfect for fans of Patrick O’Brian, C. S. Forrester and Julian Stockwin. Praise for Richard Woodman ‘Woodman is a master of both maritime nonfiction and fiction’ Booklist ‘Gripping ... Woodman spins an exciting tale’ Publishers Weekly