Driftwood: The Unvarnished Story of Life in a Windjammer

This book is the counter to all those myths of the Jolly Jack Tars who are supposed to have lived happy lives on the waves in those oh-so-romantic sailing ships that are represented in those "tall ships" events enjoyed by so many around the world today. It is the story of a man who went "through the mill" under all conditions, and is an effort to describe as truthfully as possible his experience of a dozen or more deep water sailing vessels during the period from 1880 to 1910. The reader will find that the life was far from "jolly", and was generally a tough, sometimes violent, sometimes boring, but often dangerous existence, all sustained by poor pay and inadequate, often rotten food. At the same time, for the sailing enthusiast, he/she will be treated to an accurate account of how these old ships were sailed and handled in all kinds of weather.

• | Author: Thomas Wilson
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 309 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1731134673
• | ISBN-13: 9781731134677