Chuck For my two bits, Sterling Hayden wrote some damn fine books. They lit me up!
Rick Paikea 37+ Poulsbo, WA (damn it’s cold) > On Dec 31, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Dave via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Whynott - a new one for the list- thanks. wanderer is great, re read many > times. Sterling Hayden was an intriguing guy, lived through interesting > times. Voyage is very good too. > Dave > > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:59:18 -0500 > From: "Chuck Gilchrest" <csgilchr...@comcast.net > <mailto:csgilchr...@comcast.net>> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter sailing reads... > Message-ID: <002101d14405$bc3db160$34b91420$@comcast.net > <mailto:002101d14405$bc3db160$34b91420$@comcast.net>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > All, > One of my favorite reads that involves sailing and boat building is Douglass > Whynott's "A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time", which is a non-fiction account > of the last boat built by Joel White at Brooklin Boatyard in Maine (the son > of writer EB White as well as being a prolific naval architect). The book > is a quiet book, best enjoyed in front of a fireplace with a few Benjamin > Mendlowitz calendars and coffee table books available for reference photos > of the various boats mentioned in the text. > Chuck Gilchrest > Half Magic > 1975 25 mk 1 > S/V Orion > 1983 35 Landfall <x-apple-data-detectors://145> > Padanaram, MA <x-apple-data-detectors://145> > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>] On Behalf Of Martin > DeYoung via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 2:29 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com <mailto:mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter sailing reads... > > Andrew, > > If you enjoy Sterling Hayden's Wanderer, look for a copy of his novel > "Voyage". IIRC it is set in 1900 and begins on a dark and stormy night in > Boston harbor. In short it is a story of a clipper ship hauling coal around > the horn to San Francisco. > > For years I carried paperback copies of Wanderer or Voyage to read on > offshore passages and never got tired of re-reading them. > > Martin DeYoung > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>] On Behalf Of Andrew > Burton via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 7:32 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Andrew Burton > Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter sailing reads... > > Rereading Wanderer, by Sterling Hayden. Great great book! > > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett <x-apple-data-detectors://156/1> > Newport, RI <x-apple-data-detectors://156/1> > USA 02840 <x-apple-data-detectors://156/1> > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > <http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/> > +401 965-5260 <tel:+401%20965-5260> > >> On Dec 30, 2015, at 17:37, Dave via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > wrote: >> >> Just finished 'Moxie' by Phil weld - great book, impressive man. >> In the same vein, about t re-read 'around the world alone' by Alain Colas. > > > _______________________ > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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