Armchair sailor
Books and activities in the moorings
An online Club library with the book of the month (Skipper’s Shelf), book reviews, and an online link where books are free to access (On the Horizon).
From the Skipper’s SHelf
The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the twenty sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats (one of which was again attacked by a whale) and only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal, after resorting to cannibalising their mates.
Three months after the Essex was broken up, the whaleship Dauphin, cruising off the coast of South America, spotted a small boat in the open ocean. As they pulled alongside they saw piles of bones in the bottom of the boat, at least two skeletons’ worth, with two survivors – almost skeletons themselves – sucking the marrow from the bones of their dead ship-mates.
ISBN 9781489095282
“As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.”
Who said that?
On the Horizon….
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