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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.41
EAN num: 9781594861604
ISBN number: 1594861609
Label: Rodale Books
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 424
Printing Date: April 02, 2005
Publishing house: Rodale Books
Release Date: March 10, 2005
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Studio: Rodale Books
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A modern, true-life equivalent of Patrick O'Brien's popular books, this is a must-read for lovers of nautical adventure. On November 25th, 1997, a three-masted, square-rigged tall ship headed out from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, on a voyage around the world. It would travel for more than a year and a half, calling at ports as exotic and varied as Aruba, Samoa, Bali, and Zanzibar. In Fair Wind and Plenty of It, Rigel Crockett-a man who grew up in a shipbuilding village in Nova Scotia, whose own father was a shipbuilder and mother a sailmaker-tells the true story of that journey, and of his own quest to reconcile his family legacy with his need to take part in that harrowing voyage.
Fair Wind and Plenty of It is a virtuoso debut, perfectly captured in a mariner's idiom, filled with high seas drama and human intrigue and a personal exploration of what it means to be a sailor.
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For al landlubbers that saw the Tall Ship's Chronicles on TV and don't have enough.It's great book about sailing, distant shores, and the struggles and love between the crew.It's wery well written and it has 400 pages.That's big!! It's one thing though, it has way too little fotos.But them anyway you can find on the homepage of the picton castle.
But of course, if you love that kind life there is no better thing on beeing on board on the real sailing ship.Maybe for a start on a charter sailing yacht with your friends during the holidays.
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This is a wonderful story, about an adventure of a lifetime, but what makes it a great book is the author's character and talent -- his thoughtfulness, honesty, intelligence and keen, observant eye.
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The wind is not particularly fair, but there is plenty of it, to be sure. Much of the crew, composed partly of people who had paid $32,000 to sail around the planet, jumps ship in Panama after one month under sail. I can empathize with them. Rather than Coleridge's Ancient Mariner who holds his listener spellbound with his glittering eye, we have to contend with a whiny, petty voice moaning about his fellow crew members. He seems to assume not only that he is the very first sailour to discover profane language, fornication and alcohol-induced vomiting, but also that the reading public will be charmed withal. I high-tailed it out of there somewhere around Galapagos, but then I never did enjoy frat parties. The author does have a certain talent for description, and the passages about restoring and sailing the boat do hold attention. I suspect some really good fart jokes follow, but I put the book down and picked up Melville.
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Rigel was born a sailor; both parents were involved in the boat-building business in Nova Scotia. A family friend trained him as a boy, got him a job as cabin boy on the 'Ernestine' when he was twelve with Dan Moreland, captain. Years later, as a college student, the 'Picton Castle' would beckon to him with the same captain, now owner: a combination of Tom Sawyer and Darth Vader.
They were scheduled to leave on November 1, 1997 but were twenty-five days behind as they set out on the maiden world circumnavigation voyage from Nova Scotia, Canada. With a carefully-chosen crew, thirty paying $32,500 each to cover 37,000 miles from Nov. 27 to June 23, 1998, 47 ports in 22 countries and two glorious weeks in the Caribbean. Several were women.
They became more like a family than a hard-working crew from the experiences endured through rough seas and long days. Six of the crew later married. "Though memories have faded, bonds remain strong."
He adopted Maggie the cat and has lived in Savannah, Georgia, since 2001, after serving as a relief captain on a cruise boat out of Tampa, Florida. The 'Picton Castle' and her captain took another world voyage in 2000.
Several of them took pictures during the 'adventure of their lives' and a few are included in the photo section.
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An amazing, amazing book. Rigel Crockett's evocative writing style brings an authenticity to this work that makes the reader feel a part of the voyage. Anyone who has spent time crewing aboard a tall ship will immediately appreciate Crockett's ability to capture all the excitement, boredom and wonder of life on a square-rigger. Reading this book, I felt as though I was part of the Picton Castle crew; working the lines, watching relationships form and dissolve, enjoying with wide eyes each exotic port and doggedly weathering every storm. This is a work I very highly recommend to all who have sailed aboard a tall ship, or have dreamed of doing so. Crockett allows us to witness not only the dynamics of the crew in relation to each other and their ship, but his own inner-dynamics. We are given the opportunity to experience this world journey just as he experienced it, with the joys of new discovery and the frustrations of everyday life.
Extremely well-written with a rare descriptive power to transport the reader totally into Crockett's world, this book works as a travel journal, a personal journey of discovery, an introduction to square-rig sailing and a record of a most amazing and unusual voyage. It is rare to find a book so absolutely enjoyable as "Fair Wind and Plenty of It." My thanks to Rigel Crockett for allowing us to join him in his journey.
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