More adventures and more encounters a la Tristan Jones, including the delivery of a yacht from Algiers to Marseilles with some unexpected machine-gun fire thrown in, and a stormy night mercy mission transporting a battered English lady and Senora Puig who gives birth at dawn.
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"If there ever was anything saltier than a salted herring, it must be Tristan Jones." -- Classic Boat, England, May 2000
"Wonderful anecdotes and hilarious sea shanties make this book a highly entertaining read." -- Yachting Monthly, April 2000
His characters are unforgettable and the stories hilarious. It makes a good read. -- Sailing, September 1993
It's irreverent, witty, inimitable Tristan Jones. -- Coastal Cruising, July/August 1996
Take a large pinch of salt with these imaginative anecdotes and enjoy the antics of a professional quaysider with the ability to combine the many facets of people he really meets to create outrageous "fictional" characters. This is not the world of white ducks and corporate hospitality, but rather the scene of sunlit jetties and make-do and mend. Perhaps most of us indulge in that style of boating, so Mr. Jones' yarns will strike a sympathetic chord, for he catches the mood exactly. --Cruising, Winter 1993
"Wonderful anecdotes and hilarious sea shanties make this book a highly entertaining read." -- Yachting Monthly, April 2000
His characters are unforgettable and the stories hilarious. It makes a good read. -- Sailing, September 1993
It's irreverent, witty, inimitable Tristan Jones. -- Coastal Cruising, July/August 1996
Take a large pinch of salt with these imaginative anecdotes and enjoy the antics of a professional quaysider with the ability to combine the many facets of people he really meets to create outrageous "fictional" characters. This is not the world of white ducks and corporate hospitality, but rather the scene of sunlit jetties and make-do and mend. Perhaps most of us indulge in that style of boating, so Mr. Jones' yarns will strike a sympathetic chord, for he catches the mood exactly. --Cruising, Winter 1993
About the Author
Tristan Jones, a legendary sailor, is the author of 16 books, including Saga of a Wayward Sailor, The Incredible Voyage and Yarns. He left school at the age of 14 to work on sailing barges and spent the rest of his life at sea--in the Royal Navy, as a delivery skipper, and as a daring seagoing adventurer travelling the world in search of new and ever greater challenges.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Seagulls in My Soup: Further Adventures of a Wayward Sailor (Paperback)
He must have been in a great mood when he wrote this- the funniest of his books. Not so much about his sailing adventures as the array of characters he is surrounded by. Within every hilarious espisode, Jones is never without the pearls of wisdom which makes him the unique author he is. 5 stars and the north kicked in for good measure.
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A great salty yarn, as good as any ever before.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Seagulls in My Soup: Further Adventures of a Wayward Sailor (Paperback)
There might be a better Tristan Jones book,but this one ranks
right in there with his best. If you've never read a tale
by this master sailor and adventurer, then start with Saga
of a wayward sailor, or maybe Ice, or even....ah well, what
ever Jones book you read first, you'll be back here,
guaranteed.No one ever has enough of the adventures of this
salty lad. The angels of death visited him not long ago, so
what we have is all we'll ever get. Enjoy, for there'll
not be another like him.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Is it really Tristan,
By Geoff (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seagulls in My Soup: Further Adventures of a Wayward Sailor (Paperback)
I've read most of Tristan Jone's books, and they all have a distinct writing style. 'Seagulls in my soup', however, has a distinctly different style. We do know from other work that Tristan is a tough nut. He reports the only time that he ever cried was when his eye was knocked out of its socket by a falling gaff and he had to shove the eye back into place. He also, normally, uses as many expletives as non expletives. Yet in this book the writer seems somewhat less than rough around the edges, embarrassed by the usual expletives, over uses adjectives and metaphors that can only be described as cringe material, and in general portrays Tristan as some kind of new aged sensitive type. Having said all this I think the book is fine in its own right, but I don't like the feeling of being conned. I really can't believe that the author is Tristan Jones.
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"AI SAY . . . Tristan dahling! Yoo-hoo!" I stirred under my blanket and listened for a moment to the patter of rain on Cresswell's deck overhead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Pomeroy, Amyas Cupling, Rory O'Boggarty, Mistah Cupling, Tony the Specs, Hotel Montesol, Miss Benedict, San Antonio, Miss Saint John, Fonda Alonzo, San Francisco, Sans Culotte, Dragon of Devon, Lieutenant Francisco, Miss Lulu, Royal Suite, Billy the Knife, Cabrera Island, Cap'n Jones, Estrellita del Mar, High Barbaree, Mister Cupling, San Miguel, Steel the Writer, Princess of India New!
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"AI SAY . . . Tristan dahling! Yoo-hoo!" I stirred under my blanket and listened for a moment to the patter of rain on Cresswell's deck overhead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Pomeroy, Amyas Cupling, Rory O'Boggarty, Mistah Cupling, Tony the Specs, Hotel Montesol, Miss Benedict, San Antonio, Miss Saint John, Fonda Alonzo, San Francisco, Sans Culotte, Dragon of Devon, Lieutenant Francisco, Miss Lulu, Royal Suite, Billy the Knife, Cabrera Island, Cap'n Jones, Estrellita del Mar, High Barbaree, Mister Cupling, San Miguel, Steel the Writer, Princess of India New!
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- Life of Johnson (Oxford World's Classics) by James Boswell on page 162
- A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea by TRISTAN JONES in Front Matter
- Alice in Wonderland (Random House Pictureback) by Lori Haskins on page 133
- The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems (Collected Works of Matthew Arnold) by Matthew Arnold on page 70
- Life of Johnson, V2 by Boswell on page 162
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- Wayward Sailor : In Search of the Real Tristan Jones by Anthony Dalton on 4 pages
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