A Mariner's Miscellany
Sheridan House (Verlag)
978-1-57409-195-3 (ISBN)
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Peter Spectre, the well-known author of the annual Mariner's Book of Days, assembles some of his favorite classic nautical material into an amalgam of practical information about boats, anchors, rope, and ballast, cheek by jowl with poetry, legend, lore, superstitions, language of the sea, art, thoughts about literature, and more.
Spectre's unique reverence for boats and literature of the sea, and his many years as an editor of WoodenBoat Magazine, make this book a rich collection of maritime knowledge, and an intriguing reference work of sailor's lore. Spectre is more than the editor of this book; he writes with deep knowledge about the topics covered, and presents among other topics many worthwhile facts about clipper ships, rowing boats, seasick remedies, superstitions, navigational lore, and much more.
Chapter heads include: Buy a Boat and You Buy the Sea ; Many times, Beauty is the Difference ; The Search for Comfort Afloat ; Nautical Books, Memorable Opening Lines ; Signaling the Old Fashioned Way. The book is intended to pay homage to the writers and editors that have inspired Spectre over the years.
Peter H. Spectre is the author of The Mariner's Book of Days, published annually since 1992. He is also the author of A Passage of Time, A Goodly Ship, Different Waterfronts, and several other books. Formerly editor of WoodenBoat magazine, he is currently editor of Maine Boats & Harbors. He lives in Spruce Head, Maine
Introduction
1. A sea of dreams
2. Buy a boat, and you buy the sea
3. Many times beauty is the difference
4. The most beautiful of all, the nineteenth-century clipper ship
5. "Speed om the ship!"
6. The search for comfort afloat
7. The music of the sea
8. "And what is the sea?"
9. A ship!
10. "A kiss of a sea-man is worth two of another"
11. Bread is the staff of life; rum is life itself
12. Nautical books, memorable opening lines
13. Read all about it
14."One of the excellentest artes that ever hath bin devised is the arte of navigation."
15. The language of the sea
16. Signaling the old-fashioned way
17. Free at last
18. Think small
19. Save yourself, save others
20. Wind and sails were made for each other
21. Sailcoth and rope
22. Knots, rigging, rigs and ballast
23. Who wants to be foretold the weather?
24. Sailors sail on their stomachs
25. "The Captain's charge is to command all."
26. Sailors are a superstitious lot
27. What you call it affects what it is
28. "Time and tide wait for no man"
29. Remembrance of things past
30. Yachting is a bit too much? Try rowing
31. An emblem of hope
32. L'envoi
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2005 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 60 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Lanham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 449 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57409-195-6 / 1574091956 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57409-195-3 / 9781574091953 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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