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The slope of the wind / Adrian Seligman.

By: Seligman, Adrian, 1909- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Seafarer Books, [1994]Copyright date: ©1994Description: xii, 219 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0850364434 (paperback).Subject(s): Seligman, Adrian, 1909- -- Journeys | Seafaring life | Sailors -- England -- BiographyDDC classification: 910.45092
Contents:
Part I:Extraordinary seaman -- Of docks and locks and a bar of sunlight -- Galley slave -- Slow Brown River -- Bricks without brandy -- Part II:Away in sail -- Squaring up - A multitude of stars -- Wheatlands outback -- Southern ocean -- Seeing things -- A taste of home -- Part III:Deep water duel -- Going clear -- Sea meetings -- Cross purposes -- Sunday -- Far wind to Cape Horn -- Race to the line -- Happy Easter -- Part IV:Islands and Islanders -- The Sun at midnight -- The scent of pines -- Green leaf harvest -- Autumn days -- Part V:Final voyages -- North about -- Kangaroo hunt -- Stranger at noon -- Falmouth for orders -- West wind drift -- Fire mountains -- Doldrum distractions -- A hard beat home.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 910.45092 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00180403
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this tale of life at sea the author tells of voyages round the Horn and his time in the Aland Islands where he fitted out a small boat and sailed with the lovely Elsa. He describes the trials and pleasures of life under sail, including adventures with sharks, drunken captains and a stowaway.

Part I:Extraordinary seaman -- Of docks and locks and a bar of sunlight -- Galley slave -- Slow Brown River -- Bricks without brandy -- Part II:Away in sail -- Squaring up - A multitude of stars -- Wheatlands outback -- Southern ocean -- Seeing things -- A taste of home -- Part III:Deep water duel -- Going clear -- Sea meetings -- Cross purposes -- Sunday -- Far wind to Cape Horn -- Race to the line -- Happy Easter -- Part IV:Islands and Islanders -- The Sun at midnight -- The scent of pines -- Green leaf harvest -- Autumn days -- Part V:Final voyages -- North about -- Kangaroo hunt -- Stranger at noon -- Falmouth for orders -- West wind drift -- Fire mountains -- Doldrum distractions -- A hard beat home.