“The storms come on in the autumn, and then there is often much anxiety when father is out to help ships in distress; but one becomes, as it were, a new being. “In winter the ice is locked fast and firm, and we drive from island to island and to the main land; and if the ...
I love the fact that you can put your boat into dry storage at a marina if you need to. I love sailing, but I'm leaving for a six-month trip to England for college in a few months, so I can't leave my boat just floating at the marina docks. Storms and just plain time could...
Stories romanticize pirates sailing the high seas plundering gold but piracy originated simply as sea banditry targeting merchant ships to steal cargo out of op