I have read about 2/3s of the Aubry/Mautrin series and when you read the books you figure that this can't happen..... But it did. The auther went threw logs, after action reports and general history to come up with his stories. He might take liberty with WHEN an action happened to fit his story line but the battles actually happened. Aubry is a composite of several different British Captains. I read a history book on the Napolionic Naval battles earlier in the year. What blew my mind was that the battles in the history book I had already read about in the Aubry/Maturin books. What I thought was fiction or at least fictionalised was not. The Hornblower series is pretty good as well and the movies made for A&E a few years ago are excellent. What these men did was amazing. The old saying about Iron Men in Wood Ships is very, very true. How these men could survive the sea for months and YEARS at sea is amazing. There was one ship that was sent to the Far East for something like 15 years. When it got back the men where NOT paid for their years of service!!!! If you are interested in the sea, sailing and or wee little boats these are good books to read. Later, Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I might add I had a weird experience - and I need help with the details - About ten years ago I went to Tofino on my birthday with a friend to paddle. We had intended on a short trip - maybe two or three nights out but as the wind was high (she was a beginner) we only ended up with one night out. Since we had a such a short time we went up the bay of Meares Island, poked around and found a nice little campsite. After we were set up we took a walk into the woods which are beautiful old growth forest. Much to our suprise we found a sawed off tree - the stump was huge, I'll never forget it. We thought, gee, whoes been in here poaching trees? When we got back we went for a birthday beer and the bartender informed us that it was the 200th (?) anniversary of the year one of our captains (?) that the local waters are named after,stopped there to make a new mast. (Puget?) I thought it was a big coincidence, a great birthday present and still wonder about the size and quality of saws they must have had on board. And then to get the tree to the shore and raise the mast with mostly human power. So, can anyone fill in the facts? Andree Andree Hurley Websites - http://www.onwatersports.com, http://www.viewit.com Favorite website: http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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