Up the Creek A Lifetime Spent Trying to Be a Sailor

by James, Tony

• ISBN13: 9781574092226
• ISBN10: 1574092227
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Sheridan House

Summary

Tony James is a writer and sailing enthusiast.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Stephen Swann	vii
Acknowledgements	xi
1. Around the world with Captain Lumbers	13	(17)
2. All at sea	30	(15)
3. The lads come aboard	45	(20)
4. A matter of convenience	65	(20)
5. Captain Jelly and Captain Custard	85	(15)
6. The last voyage of Major Ferchbind	100	(22)
7. Mr Gregory and the dog bowls	122	(14)
8. In at the deep end	136	(20)
9. A sinking feeling	156	(13)
10. Davy Jones never sleeps	169	(22)
11. Dropping the pilot	191	(16)
12. Breakers on the side	207	(14)
13. A bucketful of jollop	221	(19)
14. Yankee Jack sails again	240	(19)
15. The stuffed weasel and the price of fish	259	(14)
16. Reflections on the sea	273	(6)
Tony James	279