Cay Sal Bank

By Nick Finneran

More sailing, adventure and intrigue in the Caribbean with Nick Finneran! Nick Finneran's CAY SAL BANK is the sequel to STANIEL CAY. Young Nick and his cousin Tony are cruising in their sailboat and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420843575
• ISBN13: 9781420843576
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Old Nick has yet another wonderful tale to spin.

Nick and my Dad grew up together. I remember these stories but not to the detail that Nick brings in his book. Nick has the maturity of an Admiral as he writes but brings us back to the days of when we all were Ensigns. Hehe I can imagine him being an Ensign and a Lieutenant. I used to call him Dan because he reminds me so much of Lieutenant Dan from Forrest Gump. "Lietenant Dan...Ice Cream" I would say...then he would kick my rear end. So now I just call him Ensign Dan.

Where's Waldo?

I have heard that Nick Finneran is one of the best kept secrets in literature, but he seems to pop up in a hundred places. Met the old guy once in St. Bart's. I absolutely love Cay Sal Bank. Too many writers try to capture their experiences of yesteryear with quaint remembrances of the smell of Auntie Lou's pumpkin bread, or daddy's "big calloused hands". Finneran doesn't bother with that stuff. He just tells what it was like to be a sailing bum, and to be involved in an incredible series of events in the Caribbean in the 1950s. Without any of the syrupy stuff, Nick makes you feel like you were really down there, chasing the wind, chasing girls, catching fish, drinking beers, steaming lobsters, and living through a few tragedies too. If you want a book that goes fast and makes you happy (and makes you cry a few times), check this one out. There are a few pages here and there (e.g., brief histories of Cuba and the Dominican Republic) that go a little slow. But, for the most part, the book is a page turner. Rock on Nick! Yes, I am definitely a Finerati! And you are definitely a swashbuckler and a survivor!

Nick Finneran lets the ponies run!

Nick Finneran lets the ponies run in CAY SAL BANK! CAY SAL BANK serves up a bouillabaisse of sailing and adventure. Sailboats, bars, beaches, conch salads, the Italian Pirates of the Caribbean, the pioneer days of SCUBA, Cuban gun-runners, and drunken vervet monkeys. Ever wondered what the Caribbean was like before the tourists came? Read CAY SAL BANK!

Bad Monkey!

Cay Sal Bank has a little something for everyone - Scenes from pre-Castro Havana, Soviet gun-runners, stories from the pioneer days of SCUBA, and a cleverly interwoven pirate tale from the 1600s (about Nick's famous ancestor, the Neapolitan pirate Captain Benozzo Di Napoli). Cay Sal Bank, already nicknamed "CSB" by Finneran's cult following (who call themselves Finnerati), is typical Nick. With his trademark vivid yet matter-of-fact imagery, troubadour tales of big fish, island girls, bad monkeys, and the Italian Pirates of the Caribbean, Finneran has once again set the standard for nautical nerd fiction. It IS fiction, isn't it? Two huge thumbs up on this one!