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5 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
Published on November 4, 1999
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Seaman's Friend, hard core reading
Richard Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast" is my favorite book, and I have often chosen books to read about sailing in the 1800s. So when I saw I could get another book by Dana I jumped at it. However, since my sailing has been mostly fresh water lake and a little SF Bay day sailing, the minutia of the different parts of a big tall ship was too much for me...
Published on December 21, 2008 by Paul Hoffman
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Seaman's Friend, hard core reading,
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This review is from: The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship (Dover Maritime) (Paperback)
Richard Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast" is my favorite book, and I have often chosen books to read about sailing in the 1800s. So when I saw I could get another book by Dana I jumped at it. However, since my sailing has been mostly fresh water lake and a little SF Bay day sailing, the minutia of the different parts of a big tall ship was too much for me.
This book is better suited to someone who actually sails on tall ships, or who is a serious naval history buff. (I thought I was, but this was too much arcane detail for me.) My fault...just what did I expect!
4 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting but not the best,
By Alexandre "Nautilus" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship (Dover Maritime) (Paperback)
An interesting book, but there are definitely better ones to learn how age of the sail ships were manoeuvered.To get a vivid account of how all these tasks were done during a round-cape-Horn cruise, you'd better read "Two years before the mast" of the same author.
5 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
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You got the name wrong,
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This review is from: The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship (Dover Maritime) (Paperback)
It's Richard Henry Dana, Jr
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The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship (Dover Maritime) by Richard Henry Dana (Paperback - July 10, 1997)
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