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Dale Flowers's avatar

Naval stories set in the age of sail always remind me how good I had it during my service.

Bradley A Graham's avatar

What makes these stories more exceptional is the fact they had no safety briefing, no safety vests, no hard hats and the horror! No OSHA !!!

C. S. Forrester would be proud .

Denis Rushworth's avatar

And no Democrats caterwauling about poor living conditions aboard.

Rich Haas's avatar

Not to mention no reflective belts! The humanity…

NagsHeadLocal's avatar

Going up on the yards at 1 a.m. in a gale was a real test of character. They were probably counting their lucky stars it wasn't frozen.

sid's avatar

Yards on failing and broken masts...

Jetcal1's avatar

Another ripping yarn. Did the crew get an extra tot?

Captain Mongo's avatar

Wooden ships. Iron men.

Sir Walter Pearson's avatar

Talking about the age of sail here's a recent book review from The Times.

https://archive.ph/3v9Oh