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TUNA FISHING IN THE AZORES
Taking advantage of the confluence of the Gulf Stream and life-giving upwellings that carry nitrogen-rich water
from the deep ocean to the surface where the mixture of sunlight and nutrients trigger large alga blooms local
fishermen ply the waters around the Azores from April to
December in large wooden boats with high bows and
powerful engines. Using cane poles and hooks they catch albacore, big-eye, and bonito tuna. Having spent a week aboard the Perola do Santa Cruz the author offers a personal description of the life and work of the
fishermen.
Bruce Halabisky
CAPTAIN DANIEL MORELAND AND PICTON CASTLE
In the late 1990s a North Sea steam trawler was converted to a square-rigged barque in Nova Scotia and, in 1999, set sail for a circumnavigation that would spread goodwill and create friendships the world over - not least in her adoptive home of Lunenburg. One-time sceptic and latterday fan, the author tells the story of the Captain and his ship.
William Gilkerson
ROSKILDE’S PORT MUSEUM
At Roskilde in the heart of Denmark, the discovery of
five medieval shipwrecks of exceptional archaeological
interest in the 1950s was the starting point for an
extraordinary Viking Ship Museum, which was extended in 1997 with a new port museum that proved an instant
success and enticed increased visitor numbers to view the floating collection and workshops.
Christian LemŽe, Max Vinner, Morten Gøthche
FLYING CLOUD
In the 1850s the clipper ship, Flying Cloud, sailed into
the history books when she established a new record of
passage from New York to San Francisco. Her achievement remained unbeaten for more than a century until it was at last bettered by a high-performance racing yacht in 1989.
As remarkable as the ship herself was the navigator who plotted the route to fame - the captain’s wife Eleanor Creesy.
David W. Shaw
THE DEVELOPING WORLD OF THE TUGBOAT
The earliest steam-powered dedicated tug was built in
1802 for the Forth and Clyde Canal, but it would be
thirteen more years before the world saw the first ’successful’ steam tugboat. The world has seen many
changes in the last two centuries and today’s tugs are
very different from the early workhorses - inevitably
more sophisticated, powerful, and reliable. But, says the author, they continue to serve our shipping industry as their predecessors did, allowing great ships to be
manoeuvred in and out of otherwise inaccessible ports.
Tom Cunliffe
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