Sailing Ships

Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In Attention All Shipping, Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography. Armchair travel will never be the same again.

Crutch, the marines and Captain Beaumont are sent to Yavenland to retrieve a man who claims to be the rightful king of Ironbay. Is he a pretender to the throne or the real heir? Can Crutch and the Auld Faithful survive the treacherous sea journey to Yavenland? What lurks in the catacombs beneath the city of Yuren, the capital city of Yavenland? And what waits for Crutch and the Ironborn if they can make it back to Ironbay alive? True Royals is an adventure on the high seas and in the grimy sewers. An action packed fantasy adventure on land and on sea, Andrew Cavanagh's writing lands ...

It is the late 1700s and America has won its independence. Ships sail across the Atlantic delivering goods back and forth from America and the Caribbean to Europe. English, Spanish, and Dutch ships routinely make the passage from America and the Caribbean to their home ports back home. While these ships have become bigger, faster, and more reliable in the past three hundred years since Columbus landed, one thing still threatens them; pirates. Captain Nonn has a vendetta against the British for what they did to his family; those are the ships he tends to attack with his battle-tested ship, ...

Jeremy Wright Brady, five foot eight, middle child, a few fair-haired curls hidden away under a well-worn Texas Rangers ball cap. A teenager, born into an average size family with strong roots in the East Texas community of Cinder Veil, he thrives on the remote aspects of water as an all around angler. Hobbies include fishing the river, fishing the stock tank, fishing in the lake, and soon to be a deep-sea fisherman. Not a momma’s boy or in a daddy’s shadow, he takes his lead on the water from his wise Gramps. When his Gramps passes away, an unsettling stirs the experiences and memories...

In 2007 the Windjammer Company, at one time the world’s largest sailing ship company, collapsed and millions in paid customer’s funds disappeared. Created by Mike Burke in 1947, the windjammer company, also known as ‘Burke’s Navy, was a rough recruit of mismatched sailors and once derelict sailing ships, all of whom Burke gave another chance. When he was asked to investigate the strange demise of the Windjammer Company back in 2009, the writer was immediately drawn into the world of corporate intrigue and sibling rivalry. In Capturing the Last American Pirates, the author has ...

WATER AND ICE is both an exciting, newly-discovered sea story, and a detailed reference book that belongs in the book-collection of anyone interested in maritime or immigration history. Arthur Mattson’s original research into the maritime history of Long Island and the Port of New York in the 1830s tells of: • Two dramatic shipwrecks and rescue attempts on the South Shore of Long Island. • A mass grave in the village of Lynbrook, containing 139 victims. • Merchants, sailors, passengers, and tall ships in the Age of Sail. • The brave men and women (and the cowards) involved in the ...

Fresh off her victory over the pirates, Chloe orders her newly captured ship into port. Almost immediately upon entering Potterville Port, she begins to have suspicions about the harbormaster’s office. She and the local league office rep quickly find corruption within the office. After helping the office rep deal with that, she also develops suspicions about the harbormaster’s office being involved with the pirates. Before being able to begin being able to deal with that, Chloe and her party, along with the party her sister is in, are called back to the main league office and assigned ...

In 1858, a ship destined for the goldfields of Australia is wrecked on a reef on the outer quarter of the Solomon Islands. What happens next is a tale of courage, resilience, and adventure that will have one man questioning all that he thought he knew. A bold decision to change the route of the Elizabeth May ends in tragedy when the ship is wrecked near Heron Island. Many of the crew and the 300 Chinese laborers onboard perish and for the stricken survivors, the future looks dire. After a series of calamitous events, a longboat carrying the captain, a few crew members, and young Matt Jones ...

A fiery dreamer. A charming trader. A reluctant farmhand. A vengeful huntress. A haunted warrior. Five strangers. One legend. Everything to lose. Chandra has salt in her veins and wind in her soul, but when a freak storm and a stubborn father end her seafaring life, she faces a future she never wanted—until a mysterious young trader offers her a way out: a wild hunt for a mythical brass key said to unlock an unimaginable fortune. Jonathan knows the treasure might be a myth, but escaping his powerful father’s shadow and maybe impressing the fierce redhead on the pier feels worth the risk...

Mike's date with Steve isn't going well...primarily because Steve hasn't shown up. But it won't be long before bartender Andre will take notice of Mike...and Andre is more hypnotist than bartender! Andre is a hypnotist with a boat...and he's in the market for a new cabin boy.

Crutch and the Ironborn fleet sail for Ironbay to battle William Wyld and his army of half-deads and take back their city. But do they have what they need to fight Wyld or will his half-deads prove to be unkillable? In this action packed novel in the Ironborn Saga, Crutch and the Ironborn travel on a hope and a prayer that Damen's magic and their knowledge of glowstone and binding poles will be enough to defeat Wyld. If they're wrong it will mean the destruction of the Ironborn navy and the death of every citizen in Ironbay. Is Crutch's son Hope unharmed from his time in the City of Shadows...

The author was asked to bring forth the facts of Windjammer’s demise and present them. This authorized the three Letters of Marque to investigate and present those facts so they can now be judged. The author pulls back the family curtain of privacy to reveal the inner workings of Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, or “Burke’s Navy”, as some crew in the company called Burke’s Windjammers. Burke’s Navy was at one time the largest fleet of cruising sailing ships in the world. Though aged and sometimes poorly maintained, they continued to sail the Caribbean, and sometimes the world. That ...

Discover the thrilling whirl of life on a cruise ship in the new eBook "Sailing Through Retirement". This meticulously compiled guide whisks you away on a spectacular journey, revealing the enormous possibilities cruise ship living has to offer for a post-retirement life. Right from embracing the hypnotic weather on a cruise deck, understanding the unique lifestyle, to managing common retiree concerns, this book guides you to navigate the high tides of cruise ship retirement life. It delves deep into prospects, offering a balanced comparison between cruise ship lifestyles and traditional ...

Samuel Leech provides a fascinating account of life as a sailor in the War of 1812 and through early 19th century. It is a remarkable account of a man who, until the conflict with the USS United States, had fought British Navy but after that battle changed allegiance to the United States and continued sailing with her navy for a further four years. A perfect addition to any sailor's library, A Voice from the Main Deck is a vivid account of life at sea in the early 19th century.

Windjammer Barefoot Cruises out of Miami once had the Largest Sailing Fleet Afloat in the Caribbean.Having Worked on these ships, and being a writer and publisher, I needed to produce this book for all who have never experienced these once wonderful sailing windjammers. I full color.

Captain Redcliffe is the captain of a merchant vessel on its way to St. Bishop's, a small island near Bermuda. A veteran of the Seven Years' War, he's glad to be in a less dangerous line of work. But when his ship comes into contact with pirates en route, and he and his crew discover the devastation these pirates have unleashed on St. Bishop's, he will be forced to brave dangers he'd thought he'd left behind.

The Vendée Globe, a grueling four-month sail around the world, traveling through the wild waters of the Southern Ocean, is the most demanding and dangerous sailing race on the planet. In November 1996, 14 men and 2 women competitors set out on this ultimate human endeavor. Godforsaken Sea chronicles their solitary battles to stay alive against 6-story waves, bone-chilling cold, ice-laden seas, and their own physical and mental limitations.

In October 1902, the barque Veronica set sail from Ship Island, Biloxi, Mississippi, on what proved to be her last voyage. Carrying a cargo of pitchpine and a crew of twelve men, the ship never reached her intended destination, Montevideo. Tensions among the mixed crew and officers on board quickly built up, culminating in mutiny and disaster in mid Atlantic. "Blood on the ocean" is the first full-length account, based on extensive research, dealing with this strange and unsolved maritime mystery. It is an exciting story, bringing back to life the last days of the big sailing ships and the ...

Modern Pirate Series of eBook shorts: A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit. Each story reveals more about the pirate, his crew, their adventures, and secret missions. Grenada Blood & Nazi Treasure Alex and Chen dive into a sunken Nazi submarine abandoned after the World War II and find ...

Tales of adventures on the high seas captivate both sailors and those who stand on the shore and gaze out across the oceans. 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.