He was born 54 years ago in the northern part of Sweden, in his teens he served four years on a British windjammer, then entered a navigation school. |
A ship named Lundy Island, 3,095 tons, was captured and sunk on 10 January 1917 by the Seeadler, a windjammer under the German navy, but flying the Norwegian flag. |
If the bearing is correct, the wreck of the windjammer should be exactly below us. |
Although mild by later standards, the book, which dealt with the chaos wrought by a seductive woman passenger aboard a windjammer full of men, was banned as immoral, and copies were publicly burned. |
Every day of Mo's life was an adventure, whether he was playing tennis, or steering a windjammer or analyzing an oil burner in the bowels of a Manhattan skyscraper or eating oysters on the half shell. |
Another of the true romances, recommended for a lively sense of humor and a faithful portrayal of life aboard a windjammer. |