Hell Around the Horn
A Adventure, Thriller, Historical book. Nearing the end of square rigged sailing ships, this is the story of one such shop and its voyage with...
Hell Around the Horn is a nautical thriller set in the last days of the great age of sail. In 1905, a young ship’s captain and his family set sail on the windjammer, Lady Rebecca, from Cardiff, Wales with a cargo of coal bound for Chile, by way of Cape Horn. Before they reach the Southern Ocean, the cargo catches fire, the mate threatens mutiny and one of the crew may be going mad, yet the greatest challenge will prove to be surviving the vicious westerly...
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A Ripping Good Yarn from the Waning Days of Sail!First a disclaimer. Ive spent my life around the sea and ships, but Im not a big fan of sailing fiction. A lot of it, in my opinion, spends too much time trying to teach the reader about square-rigged sailing and not enough time on the story or character development. There are only so... Ringing with authenticity, this nail-biter is a tale of battling wind and weather to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the most dreaded landmark in the sailor's lexicon, Cape Horn.Stories of ships in the Age of Sail are usually told from the quarterdeck, and the fight is against other ships. Rick Spilman's novel, by contrast,... Nearing the end of square rigged sailing ships, this is the story of one such shop and its voyage with a load of Cornish coal around the Horn to Chile. With a small crew the Captain is determined to make good time and beat a German steam ship going the same way. The first part of the voyage goes well even with being stuck for a while...
