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Author:
Greenlaw, Linda, 1960-
Title:
Seaworthy : a swordboat captain returns to the sea / Linda Greenlaw.
Publisher:
Penguin,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
242 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Greenlaw, Linda,--1960-
Swordfish fishing--Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
Seafaring life--Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
Women ship captains--Grand Banks of Newfoundland--Biography.
Ship captains--Grand Banks of Newfoundland--Biography.
Sea Hawk (Fishing boat)
Grand Banks of Newfoundland--Description and travel.
Contents:
Prologue -- The call -- The crew -- Outward bound -- Things fall apart -- Adrift -- Water, water everywhere -- Let's catch fish -- Setting out, at last -- The Grand Banks bubble -- Busted -- Legal affairs -- Back to business -- Shipping seas -- Epilogue -- The course of the Sea Hawk (map).
Summary:
With bills piling up and her lobster traps not supplying enough income, the author accepts a captaincy on a friend's boat for a season of swordfishing. Set against the backdrop of the Grand Banks, her journey is full of surprises that even she, an experienced sailor, could not have predicted.
ISBN:
0143119567
9780143119562
OCLC:
(OCoLC)681497246
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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