Saga of Cimba (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
First published in 1939, this book is a vivid account of Richard Maury's voyage from New York to Fiji in the small, 35-foot, Nova Scotia-built schooner Cimba. When a 23-year-old Maury and a likeminded sailor filled with wanderlust set off into the winter...
sofort als Download lieferbar
eBook (ePub)
7.20 €
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenloser tolino webreader
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „Saga of Cimba (ePub)“
First published in 1939, this book is a vivid account of Richard Maury's voyage from New York to Fiji in the small, 35-foot, Nova Scotia-built schooner Cimba. When a 23-year-old Maury and a likeminded sailor filled with wanderlust set off into the winter North Atlantic on November 30, 1933, it proved to be an expedition of high adventure, and one embarked upon at a time when such voyages were practically unheard of. The reader is taken on a fascinating journey to Bermuda and, from there, to Grand Turk, Jamaica, Panama and through the Canal, with the two young sailors finding their every dream come true at Galapagos, Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa-culminating in a gripping finale at Fiji..."e;If I were asked to pick the best book in recent years about deep water cruising in a small yacht, I would unhesitatingly choose The Saga of Cimba by Richard Maury."e;Maury went to sea because he loved being at sea and ports to him were interruptions rather than objectives. The story of his cruise is the story of the struggles and triumphs of his diminutive schooner in breasting thousands of miles of deep water. It is the sailing of the schooner that engrossed him. The yarn is the story of a boat rather than the story of her skipper. One can go on to the book's last enthralling page and be left speculating on what sort of a man this Maury is. He never tells you. You have to sense it from his attitude toward his little vessel. But you are left in no doubt about Cimba herself. You know what manner of ship she is. You know every inch of her by the time you have seen her to the Fijis."e;-Rudder Magazine"e;Told with such beauty that it will win the admiration not only of those who sail but of the whole reading public"e;-New York World Telegram."e;One of the finest sea yarns of all times"e;-Rudder."e;Bound to be the classic of this type"e;-Boston Transcript."e;Reality he most exciting small boat yarn I have read"e;-FELIX REISENBERG.
Autoren-Porträt von Richard Maury
Richard Maury (1910-1998) was born on St. David's Island, Bermuda, in 1910, a descendant of Matthew Fontaine Maury, America's famed pioneering oceanographer and hydrographer. At the age of eight he owned and sailed his first boat; but soon thereafter a childhood illness that was long to plague him ended for good his formal education. Even so, just as he taught himself to draw credibly enough to illustrate his own literary efforts, so too did he educate himself to the extent that reviewers have on occasion variously likened his prose to that of Richard Henry Dana, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, even to Conrad. When, at twenty-three, Maury sailed off in the Cimba, he was already something of a sea veteran, having served before the mast in the old full-rigged ship Tusitala (at sixteen and seventeen) as well as in several ocean tramps of that period. Nor was the sea ever to disenchant him: Maury continued to sail deep-water steamships, enjoying a long career as a professional master mariner. He died in 1998.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Richard Maury
- 2016, Englisch
- Verlag: Golden Springs Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1787200302
- ISBN-13: 9781787200302
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.08.2016
Abhängig von Bildschirmgröße und eingestellter Schriftgröße kann die Seitenzahl auf Ihrem Lesegerät variieren.
eBook Informationen
- Dateiformat: ePub
- Größe: 13 MB
- Mit Kopierschutz
- Vorlesefunktion
Sprache:
Englisch
Kopierschutz
Dieses eBook können Sie uneingeschränkt auf allen Geräten der tolino Familie lesen. Zum Lesen auf sonstigen eReadern und am PC benötigen Sie eine Adobe ID.
Family Sharing
eBooks und Audiobooks (Hörbuch-Downloads) mit der Familie teilen und gemeinsam genießen. Mehr Infos hier.
Kommentar zu "Saga of Cimba"
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "Saga of Cimba".
Kommentar verfassen