Amazing Sailing Stories : True Adventures from the High Seas

by Durham, Dick

• ISBN13: 9780470978030
• ISBN10: 0470978031
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-24
• Publisher: Wiley Nautical

Summary

A collection of gripping tales-both ancient and modern-of thrillingadventures at sea Whether it's the Loch Ness monster or Jonah and the whale, nothing isquite as captivating as a sea legend or story. They speak to an experience thatis primeval, and of an element that predates us: the ocean. In this original collection of sea stories, edited by veteran writer Dick Durham, the gamut of human experience is mirrored in a world of tragic shipwrecks and sea monsters, epic races and brave rescues, tall ships and tiny dinghies. Written in the author's inimitable powerful and poetic style, Amazing SailingStories brings the incredible, frightening, and whimsical-from worlds ancient and modern-to life. A collection of stories ideal for the armchair enthusiast and active sailor alike Durham is the author of three sailing titles and contributes regularly to the yachting press The perfect gift for lovers of sea yarns or the sea, Amazing Sailing Stories is certain to entertain readers for years to come.

Author Biography

Dick Durham has brought together a treasure trove of stories from across the centuries, and from the four corners of the globe. He retells each one, adding a magic that makes this essential reading for anyone with a love of sailing and the sea.

Table of Contents

Survival
Voyage of Desperation	p. 3
Three Months Adrift in a Rubber Dinghy	p. 7
The True Story of Moby Dick	p. 10
Psychopaths in the Fo'c'sle	p. 14
Once is More Than Enough	p. 20
The Greatest Sea Voyage of All Time?	p. 23
Decoy Ship	p. 27
Death Did Not Deter Her	p. 30
Bligh: A Flawed Real Life 'Master and Commander'	p. 33
Drifting Alone Across the Ocean in a Punctured Life-Raft	p. 37
Calm
A Ship Swallowed by a Cave	p. 43
Orchestra from Hell	p. 48
Death at the Helm	p. 51
Sunk by a Leviathan in Thick Fog	p. 54
The Silent Creeks	p. 58
Storm
Fastnet 79: The Killer Storm	p. 65
A Chop-Stick Fortune in the South Seas	p. 68
Fatal Delivery Trip	p. 71
Anchoring a Tall Ship in a Puddle	p. 74
Three Times Capsized Sailing Round Antarctica	p. 78
Human Error
UK Border Patrol of Yesteryear	p. 83
Man Overboard in the Middle of the Pacific	p. 88
Pilot Error Causes Shipwreck and Death	p. 91
Family Day-Trip Becomes Rescue at Sea	p. 95
The Curse of Ill-Gotten Gains	p. 99
Sailing to the Wrong Hemisphere	p. 103
Hanging by a Thread from a Shipwreck	p. 108
Adventure
A Real Life Monster of the Deep	p. 113
Treasure Island	p. 116
No Way Back: By Raft Across the Pacific	p. 119
The Queen's Pirate	p. 122
Shoal Waters Run Deep	p. 125
From Honeymoon to Shipwreck	p. 128
A Bitter-Sweet Taste of the Racing Life	p. 132
Dayboat Capsize, Gales and Dismasting	p. 139
Record of Records	p. 142
Tragedy
The Last Tragic Voyage of Francis Chichester	p. 149
Sailing into Madness	p. 153
After the Wave	p. 160
The Mysterious Voyage of the Mary Celeste	p. 167
The Mysterious Voyage of John Franklin	p. 171
The Raft of the Medusa	p. 176
The Riddle of Erskine Childers	p. 181
Rescue
Frozen to the Rigging	p. 187
Good Samaritan of the Southern Ocean	p. 191
Mystery Fire at Sea	p. 194
Sea Dark, Sky Crying	p. 198
The Four Rescues of a Solo Atlantic Yachtsman	p. 205
Deliverance
The Exploding Whale	p. 213
Downhill Racer	p. 216
The First Man to Sail Round the World Alone	p. 219
Not Quite the Fastest Ship	p. 223
The First Man to Sail Round the World Non-Stop and Alone	p. 226
Deliverance Trip	p. 229
The Ship that Sailed Herself	p. 232
Round the World in 1000 Breakages	p. 235
DIY Ocean Racer	p. 240
The Dead Lay in Her Wake	p. 246
The Terror of a Lee-Shore	p. 252
The Smallest Boat to Sail Round the World	p. 254
Bibliography	p. 259
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