September 13, 2011
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age of sail obsession
i forgot to mention it.
i have become obsessed by the age of sail.
I realise now that I have always been captivated by the ‘boaty’ bits of books, and disappointed when they go back to land. it took reading “the bounty” for the full-fledged fully-aware obsession to bloom.
and now I am reading Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series – on which the movie MASTER and COMMANDER was based – and of which – oh joy! – there are 21 tomes.
I have read the first three books twice (the second time I actually understood better what was going on in all that boaty-ness) and then read book 4, and am about a third of the way through book 5.and only have book 6 on standby……
HMS Surprise – used for the movie “Master and Commander”
Comments (3)
going on a cruise is something I’ve always wanted to do – guess I should add it to the bucket list – if I had a bucket list! peace, Al
Must be a good read! The movie was excellent!
I like this sail boat . It was beautiful but hard for the sailors !!