Amazing sailing stories
Durham, Dick2011
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A collection of gripping tales - both ancient and modern - of thrilling adventures at sea. Whether its the discovery of a giant squid or Jonah and the whale, nothing is quite as captivating as a sea legend or story
Main title:
Amazing sailing stories / by Dick Durham
Author:
Imprint:
Chichester John Wiley 2011
Collation:
264 p.
Contents:
pt. One. Survival: Voyage of Desperation -- Three Months Adrift in a Rubber Dinghy -- The True Story of Moby Dick -- Psychopaths in the Fo'c'sle -- Once is More Than Enough -- The Greatest Sea Voyage of All Time? -- Decoy Ship -- Death Did Not Deter Her -- Bligh: A Flawed Real Life `Master and Commander' -- Drifting Alone Across the Ocean in a Punctured Life-Raft -- pt. Two. Calm: A Ship Swallowed by a Cave -- Orchestra from Hell -- Death at the Helm -- Sunk by a Leviathan in Thick Fog -- The Silent Creeks -- pt. Three. Storm: Fastnet 79: The Killer Storm -- A Chop-Stick Fortune in the South Seas -- Fatal Delivery Trip -- Anchoring a Tall Ship in a Puddle -- Three Times Capsized Sailing Round Antarctica -- pt. Four. Human Error: UK Border Patrol of Yesteryear -- Man Overboard in the Middle of the Pacific -- Pilot Error Causes Shipwreck and Death -- Family Day-Trip Becomes Rescue at Sea -- The Curse of Ill-Gotten Gains -- Sailing to the Wrong Hemisphere -- Hanging by a Thread from a Shipwreck -- pt. Five. Adventure: A Real Life Monster of the Deep -- Treasure Island -- No Way Back: By Raft Across the Pacific -- The Queen's Pirate -- Shoal Waters Run Deep -- From Honeymoon to Shipwreck -- A Bitter-Sweet Taste of the Racing Life -- Dayboat Capsize, Gales and Dismasting -- Record of Records -- pt. Six. Tragedy: The Last Tragic Voyage of Francis Chichester -- Sailing into Madness -- After the Wave -- The Mysterious Voyage of the Mary Celeste -- The Mysterious Voyage of John Franklin -- The Raft of the Medusa -- The Riddle of Erskine Childers -- pt. Seven. Rescue: Frozen to the Rigging -- Good Samaritan of the Southern Ocean -- Mystery Fire at Sea -- Sea Dark, Sky Crying -- The Four Rescues of a Solo Atlantic Yachtsman -- pt. Eight. Deliverance: The Exploding Whale -- Downhill Racer -- The First Man to Sail Round the World Alone -- Not Quite the Fastest Ship -- The First Man to Sail Round the World Non-Stop and Alone -- Deliverance Trip -- The Ship that Sailed Herself -- Round the World in 1000 Breakages -- DIY Ocean Racer -- The Dead Lay in Her Wake -- The Terror of a Lee-Shore -- The Smallest Boat to Sail Round the World
ISBN:
9780470978030 (hbk)
Dewey class:
910.45 AMA
Local class:
910.45
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4554
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 910.45 AMA | Available |