Second Steve's Hornblower recommendation. Great stories. And when you've finished them, move on to the long Patrick O'Brien series of Jack Aubrey adventures. I'm not sure if Aubrey is based on a real character, but most of the incidents were taken from British Admiralty records. Also highly recommend the one Aubrey movie, "Master and Commander", with Russell Crowe. Hard to beat. And by then it's Spring! Rick M17 #633 Lynne L On Friday, January 9, 2015, stevetrapp <stevetrapp@q.com> wrote:
I will suggest the C.S. Forester series, "Hornblower". Forester used the history and biography of an actual British naval officer during the Napoleonic era from Mid-shipman through the wars and ranks to Admiral to spin the yarns which also describe the workings and riggings of the ships of that era from Sloops of War, Frigates, and Ships of the Line. Begin with Midshipman Hornblower then follow the series in sequence through Admiral, it will be warm spring sailing weather by the time a reader a completes the series of several books. Hollywood also did some movies, but I do not recommend them. Steve M-15 # 335 on the cold, foggy, but not Arctic Puget Sound
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Davies" <jdavies104@gmail.com <javascript:;>> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com <javascript:;>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 4:47 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Great book to read on a winter evening
Connie reminded me of another great Grand Banks adventure, Rudyard Kipling's "Captain's Courageous", which tells the story of a spoiled brat who falls overboard from an Atlantic liner, is picked up by a Gloucester fishing schooner, the "We're Here" and becomes a man under her hard but fair captain, Disco Troop. Good for another long winter evening, as is the movie with Spencer Tracy. Great sea photography of racing schooners, heavy weather, and lots of fish.
Enjoy,
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Friday, January 9, 2015, Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
If we can't go sailing in this arctic weather at least a good sailing yarn read in front of a nice fire in a fireplace would make up partially for the lack of the real thing.
As a boy of about 8 my doctor presented me with a copy of "OUT OF GLOUCESTER" by James Connolly. He knew that I built and sailed model boats, so thought that I would enjoy this book I still have the original copy, and reread it every few years again and again. It's a real "keeper" for a sailor.
It has a series of stores about the Grand Banks fishermen and their schooners sailing out of Gloucester, and when there holds were full of cod or mackerel would then race each other to T Wharf in Boston, with the first schooner to arrive getting the best prices for their catch.
Reading these stories is what made a lifelong sailor out of me.
The description of the races among the schooners; run-ins with Canadian Authorities who confiscated their boats for fishing in Canadian waters, and how they escaped, will have you sitting on the edge of your chair; will they make it back to US water or will the Canadian revenue cutters catch them again?
In looking at Google, I find that copies of the book can be found on AMAZON, and that you can read the stories on your computer via the text that the New York Public Library copied and made available on the Internet.
Pour some rum into your hot tea, sit in front of the warm fire, and go sailing with the big boys.... It sure beats what's on the Boob Tube.
Then you'll also know why my Boucher schooner, that I sailed at the Conservatory Lake in Central Park, New York was named the "LUCY FOSTER"
Happy reading
Connie
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