s low-speed d iese l. Christopher Buckl ey captures the essence of li fe aboa rd the sh ip and g ives us a wa rm and sy mpathetic v iew of the me n w ho sail today. He has a lso captured th e sh ip boa rd atmos phere fro m the ac rid taste in the mo uth whi ch co mes fro m sa iling aboa rd a vesse l not we ll ca red fo r in dangero us and sto rmy wate rs to the fr ie ndships a nd enmities that develop d uring the voyage. From C harlesto n, South Carolina , to Breme rhave n, th ro ugh th e sto rm-swept E ng li sh C hanne l and back to New Orl ea ns, C hristopher Buckl ey reminds us, o nce aga in , that the re is something spec ia l abo ut me n who go dow n to the sea in ships. ALA N
The 3 Masted Schooner
VICTORY CHIMES Largest Passenger Windjammer Under The U .S. Flag Sai ls weekly from Rockland, M aine. Coast Guard inspected .
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" World 's G r eatest Ship": The Story of the Leviathan , vo l. VI , by Fra nk 0. Brayna rd (Ameri ca n Merc hant Ma r ine MuseUin , US Me rc hant Ma rin e Acad emy, King 's Po int NY, 1983, 444pp, illus, obtainable fro m autho r, 98 DuBo is Ave., Sea Cliff NY 11579 fo r $47 pre pa id , o r $250 for th e s ix volumes + tx & shpg) . We have come at last to the fin a l vo lume of Braynard's mo numenta l, millio n-wo rd histo ry of the fabled ocean liner Levia rhan. He r chronicl e too k its dedi cated a uthor 15 years to co mpl ete. The first vo lume o pe ns in the opt imi sti c if threate ned wo rld of th e great line rs j ust befo re Wo rl d Wa r I , and includes a hea rtfe lt tribute to A lbe rt B allin , the German idealist and peace-seeke r who was the mov ing spirit be hind th e building of what became " the world 's greatest liner." Big ships have big need s, and fill a big space in the public imag inati o n and in the me mories of th ose who sail in them , w he the r as first-class passenge r or coal-heave r. Frank Brayna rd 's big book fulfill s those great expectatio ns. He plunges fea rl essly into the w ide ning s ke ins of assoc iati o n that g athe r ro und the g reat line r, a nd his reward , and ours, is to see the ship li ve in inc re dibl e detail , in a ll the ups and downs of he r lo ng and va ri ed ca reer. So many times she had been threate ned with di sco ntinua nce, but he re at last she e nds he r days in a S cottish sc rapper's yard with a new a nd even mo re te rribl e war about to b rea k out upo n the wo rld . Bray nard ends the boo k on a n eleg iac note ex pressing the so rrow of William F ranc is Gibbs , her great advocate a nd p rotecto r in he r Ame ri ca n yea rs, at he r passing. Gibbs went on to fulfill his own dream , as Ballin did his, and built the s upe rline r United States; it is not pe rhaps too fa nc iful to see th e l eviathan rebo rn in th at ship, which surely inherited her title of " world 's g reatest ship." A nd I think it right to say, to the world 's SEA HISlDRY, SUMM ER 1984
a 95' windjammer in true "down East" tradi tion U.S. Coast Guard inspected
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