A former officer of Marines, who has logged much time aboard vessels ranging from aircraft carriers to destroyers to amphibious landing craft, presents a no-frills nautical dictionary written for the modern sailing lifestyle.
A former officer of Marines, who has logged much time aboard vessels ranging from aircraft carriers to destroyers to amphibious landing craft, present...
After wartime service in the Navy the author, a young man born into the bottom layer of the social pile, decided to see the world without having to find the money to do so; and work of many kinds was to be the answer. His early efforts took him to Norway and the Arctic waters of the Svalbard archipelligo before a chance meeting and a new job took to him to Canada. Returning to England he used his skills as a trawlerman to raise a stake that would take him to Sweden. He lived there for about year and a half working on farms, as a window cleaner, in restaurants and factories and, for a few...
After wartime service in the Navy the author, a young man born into the bottom layer of the social pile, decided to see the world without having to fi...
