From Cabin 'Boys' to Captains

From Cabin 'Boys' to Captains PDF Author: Jo Stanley
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075096877X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
Traditionally, a woman’s place was never on stormy seas. But actually thousands of dancers, purserettes, doctors, stewardesses, captains and conductresses have taken to the waves on everything from floating palaces to battered windjammers. Their daring story is barely known, even by today’s seawomen.From before the 1750s, women fancying an oceangoing life had either to disguise themselves as cabin ‘boys’ or acquire a co-operative husband with a ship attached. Early pioneers faced superstition and discrimination in the briny ‘monasteries’. Today women captain cruise ships as big as towns and work at the highest level in the global maritime industry.This comprehensive exploration looks at the Merchant Navy, comparing it to the Royal Navy in which Wrens only began sailing in 1991. Using interviews and sources never before published, Jo Stanley vividly reveals the incredible journey across time taken by these brave and lively women salts.

Cabin Boy to Captain

Cabin Boy to Captain PDF Author: Edward W. Lull
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970480422
Category : Drake, Francis
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description

Adventures Of A Cabin Boy

Adventures Of A Cabin Boy PDF Author: Stephen Swann
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 144524537X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
Nathan is seeking adventure on the high seas with Captain Stark and the crew of The Star Anise.But he gets more than he bargained for when they meet Captain Rumbelly!

Cabin Boy

Cabin Boy PDF Author: Averyl Reed
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595404928
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
In 1807, twelve-year-old Andy Murphy's uncle, Captain Fred Murphy, finally comes through on a promise he made four years ago. Andy has finally been invited to be the cabin boy on his uncle's square-rigged cargo vessel, Java Sea. From the time the ship leaves Baltimore until it returns, carrying cargo to South American ports-of-call, Andy is exposed to an entirely new world. As the adventure unfolds, daily duties such as working in the galley and learning new skills like triangulation-figuring distances with a compass and a known triangle base line-keep Andy continually on the alert. Life aboard a tall ship is very different from the farm life he left behind. Yet Andy becomes a favorite of the older crewmen, developing strong bonds of friendship with his fellow sailors. When Captain Murphy agrees to take an English Naval Officer and his family to Halifax, Andy is presented with the opportunity for a whole new adventure that could eventually change the course of his life. Will the pull of the tide be too much for Andy to resist, or does his heart belong on the farm with his family?

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous PDF Author: Tavo de Armas
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244137013
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description

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