Down to the Sea. a Cadet's Tale
Published on 25. January 2023
Book
Hardback
418 pages
978-1-6655-9013-6 (ISBN)
Description
The tale of a British Merchant Navy cadet's first trip to sea. From the leafy lanes of Surrey to the grim docklands of nineteen seventies London to the jungles of Panama, on to the Land of the Long White Cloud and back again. The sea. The work. The crew. The friends. The enemies and of course, the women. What it was really like for an eighteen year old first trip cadet.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
841 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6655-9013-6 (9781665590136)
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Person
Brian George. Born in 1953 in Surrey, England. Father Keith, an Aeronautical Engineer. Mother Pauline. A Tennis Coach. Had a good normal state education passing enough examinations to be accepted as Navigating Cadet in the British Merchant Navy. This despite being averse to any form of study related activity. Spent a year at The School of Navigation at Warsash, Southampton before being assigned as a cadet on the Blue Star Line vessel 'New Zealand Star on a voyage to New Zealand. A twelve year sea going career followed before coming ashore, getting married (again). Having two children and working for ten years in the Driving Tuition Industry. Returned to things nautical in the early nineteen nineties by joining HMCG, (Her Majesties Coast Guard) as a Watch Officer stationed at the Maritime Rescue Centre in Liverpool, England. Retired at 62 and spent several years living in Crete, returning to the UK in 2018 to help look after elderly parents. Now lives in Norwich, England and Oslo, Norway, maintaining strong connections with Crete. Brian is now seventy years old, but thanks to an active lifestyle doesn't feel a day over eighty five.