Adventures In The Trade Wind
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Adventures In The Trade Wind
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Author : Richard Dey
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2009-08-20
Adventures In The Trade Wind written by Richard Dey and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-20 with Travel categories.
This is at once the biography of an Englishman who became the pioneering charterboat skipper of an American yacht, and a history of the charterboat business in the islands. Morris Nicholson’s story reflects a time now all but vanished in the islands, beginning when they were neglected colonial outposts and a single yacht meant income for the islanders. In no other book is there an account of how skippered yachts, bareboats, and headboats came to sail the Caribbean Sea and became an economic sector. However it is Nicholson’s story—and his stories of others—that drives the narrative and fills it with human interest.
Trade Wind
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Author : Mary Margaret Kaye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Trade Wind written by Mary Margaret Kaye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Zanzibar categories.
The tumultuous story of Hero's conversion is a vivid, full-blooded ddrama of adventure, suspense and romance.
Trade Winds
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Author : Christiaan De Beukelaer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-01-24
Trade Winds written by Christiaan De Beukelaer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with Atlantic Ocean categories.
In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which contributes more carbon emissions than aviation. What started as a three-week stint of fieldwork aboard the ship turned into a five-month journey, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced all borders shut while crossing the ocean, preventing the crew from stepping ashore for months on end. Trade winds engagingly recounts De Beukelaer''s life-changing personal odyssey and the complex journey the shipping industry is on to cut its carbon emissions. The Avontuur''s mission remains crucial as ever: the shipping industry urgently needs to stop using fossil fuels, starting today. If we can''t swiftly decarbonise shipping, we can''t solve the climate crisis. ''Trade Winds is an absorbing account of a voyage that starts off as an effort to prove the continuing viability of sail, but becomes far more challenging than expected when the Covid pandemic shuts of all access to the shore. It is also a thoughtful analysis of practical ways for shrinking the carbon footprint of one of the world''s most polluting industries -- shipping.'' -- Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg''s Curse ''This book is both important and beautiful: important, in that it describes one of the best ways we can move into a post-fossil fuels civilisation, which is to say by sail; and beautiful, because it shows on every page how this bursting out of the cocoon of heavy oil that we have been living in will return us to a life in the real world, with the wind felt in the hands and on one''s face, and every day an adventure. What a joy to read these pages and learn their news.'' -- Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future ''The story is original -- a sailing ship undertaking a quixotic mission to deliver a tiny amount of cargo (in order to demonstrate that it can be done) when the pandemic descends, trapping the narrator -- makes for a diverting narrative.'' -- Horatio Clare, author of Down to the Sea in Ships ''This is a book that should change the world. Beautifully written and brimming with bold yet careful analysis, Christiaan De Beukelaer has given the world a tremendous gift.'' -- Deborah Cowen, author of The Deadly Life of Logistics ''De Beukelaer tackles a subject that''s growing in importance, giving us his perspective from the deck of a sailing cargo boat. No mean achievement.'' -- Tom Cunliffe, sailor, presenter and author of The Complete Yachtmaster ''A truly fascinating account -- of a voyage, but also of an idea that is counter-intuitive in a world based on speed, but revelatory for a planet that is going to have to start taking real care of itself. There''s a bit of romance here, and a lot of reality.'' -- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature ''Simultaneously engaging and scholarly, Trade winds combines sailing memoir and environmental analysis to provide important insights about the environmental effects of global shipping and about what plausible alternatives might be. De Beukelaer brings together personal experience with an impressive command of scholarly literatures across history, economics, philosophy, climate science, among many others, and brings them all together in an interdisciplinary tour de force that is realistic and yet ultimately hopeful.'' -- Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies, Wellesley College ''Scientists, scholars, and sailors have long turned to the ocean to conjure futures that lie just beyond reach. In his dive into the quixotic movement to revive shipping by sail, Christiaan De Beukelaer leaves us wondering which is more of a folly: imagining that sail could once again be a viable technology for transporting goods around the world, or imagining that we can continue practicing business as usual.'' -- Philip Steinberg, UArctic Chair in Political Geography, Durham University ''Finally a book that delves deeply into the urgent need to decarbonise the shipping industry by connecting political economy and environmental challenges. Christiaan De Beukelaer poignantly describes day-to-day life aboard a twenty-first-century sail cargo vessel in its social and historical context. In doing so, this book raises essential questions about the future of shipping while offering suggestions on how to resolve them. This story of adventure on the high seas sketches a liminal space that will inspire realists and dreamers alike.'' -- Dr Lucy Gilliam, Senior Shipping Policy Officer, Seas at Risk ''The decarbonisation of shipping does not need to be a sacrifice. Instead, as Christiaan De Beukelaer eloquently shows, sailing to a sustainable future for shipping can be exciting and full of enriching experiences for both the author and us, the readers. Admittedly, I personally do not share all the views of Christiaan about open registries and the workings of the maritime industry, but I appreciate his sincere and enthusiastic voyage. I recommend reading this thought-provoking book.'' -- Jan Hoffman, Chief of UNCTAD''s Trade Logistics Branch ''Trade winds is a riveting book that talks about seafarers'' workers'' rights, sustainable trade that''s fair and equitable, the human struggles of the lockdown and the COVID pandemic, the climate crisis, and the emissions of the shipping industry. It says all this in a beautiful story that emphasizes the need for storytelling and radically imagining the better world that we''re fighting for. It puts practical solutions to take our first steps towards climate justice while simultaneously challenging us to think about how and where we''re going next.'' -- Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines & Fridays for Future ''This book brings the environmental and social challenges facing the shipping industry to the fore. After five months at sea, Christiaan reveals how the radical changes necessary to decarbonise shipping will rely on the skill, tenacity and sacrifices of seafarers. This book rightly asks the big question, how do we build an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable shipping industry? An important contribution to the challenges facing shipping that exposes the work needed to ensure the fundamental rights of seafarers are protected.'' -- Stephen Cotton, General Secretary, International Transport Workers'' Federation (ITF) ''As the famous quote goes: "If you want to build a ship, don''t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." This is a book that does just that! Christiaan''s intense interest and vast knowledge on this subject matter jumps out from every page, whether it is directly recounting his extended sail cargo adventure in lively detail or using those experiences to bring alive the fabric and challenges of maritime transport and trade past and present. A story of sustainability, shipping and a glimpse of a maritime future full of possibilities that will sustain your interest throughout.'' -- Gavin Allwright, Secretary General of the International Windship Association (IWSA)
Lure Of The Trade Winds
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Author : Jeannine Talley
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2010-10-26
Lure Of The Trade Winds written by Jeannine Talley and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lure of the Trade Winds: Two Women Sailing the Pacific Ocean transports readers to a place where few have gone before: aboard a thirty-four-foot boat, cruising the Pacific Ocean. Join author Jeannine Talley, as she and her sailing partner, Joy Smith, embark on the journey of a lifetime. Each day is a new adventure aboard the Banshee. Talley and her partner are stranded on a reef in Vanuatu, contract malaria, rescue a wrecked boat, visit a skull site in the Solomon Islands, and journey to remote islands whose inhabitants still bear the scars of a brutal colonial past. When their electronic navigational equipment is lost in a storm, they must use sextant navigation, depending entirely on sun sights, to make a long passage north from the South Pacifi c to Micronesia. In Lure of the Trade Winds, the two women travel to some of the most remote areas of the world and interact with the inhabitants within their social settings. They unravel some of the worlds mysteries, plunge into the unknown, and come face to face with some of the darker aspects of legacy of colonialism. The tale of their travels proves once again that the spirit of adventure knows no bounds.
Harnessing The Trade Winds
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Author : Blanche Rocha D'Souza
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Harnessing The Trade Winds written by Blanche Rocha D'Souza and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Harnessing the Trade Winds is the outcome of a generation of research undertaken in Nairobi, Mombassa and Zanzibar in East Africa, and Mumbai and Goa in India. Of her work the author says: "In all my research I found that Arab and particularly European, sources of information downplayed the importance of Indian trade in the Indian Ocean which goes back at least three thousand years BC. [The book] attempts to rekindle in the Indian diaspora a justifiable pride in the achievements of its forebears in East Africa, and indeed other parts of the world. In East Africa they promoted the development of agriculture and industry and the globalization of trade stemming from their trading activities." "Blanche D'Souza's book is a most direct statement on 'brown man's' transcripts over thousands of years trade, labour and migrations for settlements against a pervading backdrop of Arab, British and Portugese rivalries in the Indian Ocean. In this wake Harnessing the Trade Winds adds to plural historical perspectives, in that the text upholds the value of diversity that shapes the identities and self-knowledge of the peoples of Asia and Africa. It challenges those who hold the political reigns and direct policy, on education as well as race relations." - Sultan Somjee, Former head of Ethnography at the National Museums of Kenya, founder of the Community Peace Museums Programme and Foundation, and the Asian African Heritage Trust in Kenya.
The Trade Wind
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Author : Cornelia Meigs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
The Trade Wind written by Cornelia Meigs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Adventure stories categories.
The Sea Adventures Boxed Set 20 Maritime Novels Tales Of Seas And Sailors
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Author : Jack London
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2017-04-03
The Sea Adventures Boxed Set 20 Maritime Novels Tales Of Seas And Sailors written by Jack London and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-03 with Fiction categories.
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE SEA ADVENTURES – Boxed Set: 20+ Maritime Novels & Tales of Seas and Sailors (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Cruise of the Dazzler The Sea-Wolf Adventure A Son of the Sun The Mutiny of the Elsinore The Cruise of the Snark Tales of the Fish Patrol White and Yellow The King of the Greeks A Raid on the Oyster Pirates The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" Charley's Coup Demetrios Contos Yellow Handkerchief South Sea Tales The House of Mapuhi The Whale Tooth Mauki "Yah! Yah! Yah!" The Heathen The Terrible Solomons The Inevitable White Man The Seed of McCoy Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.
Trade Wind Season
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Author : James Madison Law, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2006-07
Trade Wind Season written by James Madison Law, Jr. and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07 with Fiction categories.
Trade Wind Season is a tale that begins in 1533 when a sea captain plans to steal treasure originally destined to help establish the city of St. Augustine, Florida. A hurricane and subsequent pirate attack spoil his plans and it isn't until the twentieth century that Elvis and Henry, two unsuspecting fishermen, discover a modern day plot to once again steal the treasure that has been beneath the sand for centuries. Adventure, intrigue, and twists of fate guide the two in their search to reclaim the gold.
Travellers On A Trade Wind
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Author : Marcia Pirie
language : en
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
Release Date : 1998
Travellers On A Trade Wind written by Marcia Pirie and has been published by Sheridan House, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Marcia Pirie is a writer and sailin enthusiast. Both Marcia and her husband David Pirie abandoned their careers and sailed off in their home-built ketch to cruise the seven seas.
True Tales Of Travel And Adventure Valour And Virtue
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Author : James Macaulay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
True Tales Of Travel And Adventure Valour And Virtue written by James Macaulay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Adventure and adventurers categories.