Featured Books
True Colours by Alaric Bond
Schooner: Building a Wooden Boat on Martha's Vineyard by Dunlop & Shaw
Live Yankees: The Sewalls and Their Ships by W. H. Bunting
His Majesty's Ship by Alaric Bond
Galveston's the Elissa: The Tall Ship of Texas by Kurt Voss
My River Chronicles - Rediscovering the America on the Hudson by Jessica DuLong
The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian by by Geoff Hunt and Brian Lavery
James Nelson's George Washington's Secret Navy
Defying Empire:Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York by Thomas Truxes
Deadly Shoals, a Wiki Coffin Mystery by Joan Druett
Star Crossedby Linda Collison
The Privateer's Revenge: A Kydd Sea Adventure (Kydd Sea Adventures)
Peter Wicked: A Matty Graves Novel (The Matty Graves Novels)
The Jackass Frigate byAlaric Bond
Steady As She Goesby John Molloy
Voyages, the Age of Sail: Documents in American Maritime History, Volume I, 1492-1865
Expedition Whydah: The Story of the World's First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge
The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Replica Frigate “Grand Turk” for Sale
There seems to be a significant number of tall ships for sale these days. Not sure whether that is good or bad news. One especially notable example is the Grand Turk, now offered for sale for £2,800,000. Thanks to Alaric for the heads up. “The Grand Turk is a fully-rigged ship – complete with twelve smooth-bored [...]
Animated Knots and Marlinspike Sailors
For those wishing to learn just a bit about sailor’s knots, Animated Boating Knots by Grog is a lot of fun. Here is a rolling hitch, a marvelously useful knot that I invariably forget how to tie whenever a need one. If you need to climb a halyard, tie a warping line to an anchor rode, or [...]
Voyage of the Sloop Experiment
Having sailed last week on the Hudson River sloop, Clearwater, a voyage by another Hudson River sloop came to mind. In 1785 the Hudson River sloop Experiment was only the second ship from the young American republic to sail to China. Hudson River sloops were developed by the Dutch for the specific conditions in vast [...]
Shipwreck Explorers Discover 1780 British Warship in Lake Ontario
Most shipwrecks are little more than rubble. Even steel ships break, twist, rust, collapse, and/or settle into the bottom. The HMS Ontario is a remarkable exception. The ship, which sank almost 230 years ago, is amazingly, almost unbelievably, well preserved. Thanks to Alaric for the article.
British Warships for sale: $400,000 each
Three Royal Navy warships, are currently lying at Portsmouth awaiting sale. Used as recently as three years ago, off the Northern Ireland coast, these Hunt class minehunters are now considered redundant and are being offered to the highest bidder.
