Fair Wind and Plenty of It: A Modern-Day Tall Ship Adventure

by Rigel Crockett

Book Overview

A modern, true-life equivalent of Patrick O'Brien's popular books, this is a must-read for lovers of nautical adventure. On November 25th, 1997, a three-masted, square-rigged tall ship headed out from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594861609
• ISBN13: 9781594861604
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Great written book

For al landlubbers that saw the Tall Ship's Chronicles on TV and don't have enough.It's great book about sailing, distant shores, and the struggles and love between the crew.It's wery well written and it has 400 pages.That's big!! It's one thing though, it has way too little fotos.But them anyway you can find on the homepage of the picton castle. But of course, if you love that kind life there is no better thing on beeing on board on the real sailing ship.Maybe for a start on a charter sailing yacht with your friends during the holidays.

Coming of age and around the world on a tall ship...

This is a wonderful story, about an adventure of a lifetime, but what makes it a great book is the author's character and talent -- his thoughtfulness, honesty, intelligence and keen, observant eye.

An Extremely Enjoyable Voyage of Discovery

An amazing, amazing book. Rigel Crockett's evocative writing style brings an authenticity to this work that makes the reader feel a part of the voyage. Anyone who has spent time crewing aboard a tall ship will immediately appreciate Crockett's ability to capture all the excitement, boredom and wonder of life on a square-rigger. Reading this book, I felt as though I was part of the Picton Castle crew; working the lines, watching relationships form and dissolve, enjoying with wide eyes each exotic port and doggedly weathering every storm. This is a work I very highly recommend to all who have sailed aboard a tall ship, or have dreamed of doing so. Crockett allows us to witness not only the dynamics of the crew in relation to each other and their ship, but his own inner-dynamics. We are given the opportunity to experience this world journey just as he experienced it, with the joys of new discovery and the frustrations of everyday life. Extremely well-written with a rare descriptive power to transport the reader totally into Crockett's world, this book works as a travel journal, a personal journey of discovery, an introduction to square-rig sailing and a record of a most amazing and unusual voyage. It is rare to find a book so absolutely enjoyable as "Fair Wind and Plenty of It." My thanks to Rigel Crockett for allowing us to join him in his journey.

A Modern Two Years Before The Mast!

This kid can sail. This kid can write.

A Remarkable Story by a Remarkable Author

Who among us hasn't dreamed of packing it all in and sailing around the world? A chance to walk the beaches in the South Pacific, and to test your inner strentgh. Rigel Crockett made that dream come true. He risked it all, including the love of his life, for a chance to crew a Tall Ship on an 18 month voyage. A Fair Wind is a truly remarkable book. Yes it's a book about sailing and adventure. But it is much more than that. A Fair Wind is a book about life, love and coming of age. If you are a parent,I defy you to read this book with dry eyes. It simply cannot be done. Crockett is a master storyteller. I fought the urge to plough through the book as fast as I could, feeling the need to put it down from time to time so that I could savor each and every word. It's that good.