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OVERBOARD
By Tom Jackson
An extraordinary tale of one man’s near-fatal experience on the Columbia River bar, and how it had far-reaching and lasting effects on safety considerations for America’s pilots.
CLASSIC AMERICAN WHALING SONGS — PART II
By Stuart M. Frank
As whaling became industrialized and depersonalized whalemen’s songs became increasingly concerned with perceived ill treatment; the concluding part of Dr Stuart Frank’s study of the history, meaning, and development of the whaling song.
GORCH FOCK — TOVARISHCH — GORCH FOCK — THREE LIVES OF A BARQUE
By Miroslav Tsanov
Built in 1933 Tovarishch had a long and useful life as a sail-training vessel, first for the German Navy and then under the Soviet flag based in Ukraine. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union her survival became less assured, and since the early 1990s she has been in need of a major refit. Now berthed in Stralsund, Germany, owned by Tall-Ship Friends e.V., she may at last be able to look forward to a future under sail.
TO BUILD A BEKABUNE
By Douglas Brooks
In a museum on Tokyo Bay a lone craftsman in perpetuating the trade and skills of Japanese traditional boatbuilding. The author worked alongside him for a few weeks in 2001.
HORATIO NELSON — NATIONAL HERO, NAVAL FIGUREHEADS
By David Pulvertaft
One of maritime history’s most celebrated ‘heroes’, Admiral Lord Nelson has been honoured in art and literature, and in the figureheads of Royal Navy ships launched after his death.