Download or read book Some Nautical Tales written by Captain Wilbur H. Vantine and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some Nautical Tales covers the adventures and experiences of Captain Wilbur H. Vantine, as he worked his way up from Ordinary Seaman and sailed as Ship Master on tramo freighters in the United States Merchant Marine. Along the way he was able to see the world at a very interesting time in world affairs. During WWII, he served on two ships in the war zones of the southwest Pacific and on another in the North Atlantic to the United Kingdom. He obtained his first command in 1951 at age twenty-six. While sailing as Ship Master, he did difficult navigation among icebergs in the far north; had his ship breaking up and losing three of its four lifeboats in a super storm, was confined with his crew on a Liberty ship, in ballast, during a winter-time crossing of the North Atlantic, with a killer virus on board, sailed to Korea before, during and after the Korean War, took action to minimize damage from an un-avoidable collision and directed actions to separate the two ships which were connected by their anchor chains, made an ocean crossing with growing cracks in the main deck threatening to cause his ship to break-up, steamed transpacific with a cargo of coal undergoing spontaneous combustion, had his ship to boarded and crew attacked by a large and angry mob in Yugoslavia, had a shifting cargo of army tanks threatening to knock out the sides of his ship during a storm, and had unique interaction with both ship and shore personalities. This book was authored during Captain Vantines 79th and 80th years, referring to notes and records that were made at the time of the events. It is all based on actual experiences. The numerous photographs were taken by the author, except where noted otherwise.
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Download or read book Great Sea Stories written by Joseph Louis French and published by Wildside Press. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nautical tales by Captain Marryat, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, H. de Vere Stacpoole, and many more.
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Download or read book Great Sea Stories written by Joseph Louis French and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nautical tales by Robert Louis Stevenson, W. Clark Russell, James Fenimore Cooper, and many more.
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Download or read book Sea Stories written by Cyrus Townsend BRADY and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of nautical stories revealing some of the extraordinary difficulties faced by seamen from the days of sail.
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Download or read book South sea tales written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
