This is a picture of one about the right vintage and size.
A marvellous way of life when you're young.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Offshore
With "Coasting" awaiting edits and cover art, I turned to some of my other writing from my sea-going days and found one that was worth another look. It chronicles the death of an aging supply boat in the Timor Sea and begins with two survivors floating in the darkness after the ship has sunk. It was originally written in 1982 and is the product of twenty years experience in the industry, working with crews not all that different from the one in the story.
This is a picture of one about the right vintage and size.
They have a working crew of nine, a skipper, a mate, two engineers and five seamen and do everything, rig shifts, anchor work, towage and supplies. I've sailed through cyclones in them and spent endless days towing rigs and other things half way around the world.
A marvellous way of life when you're young.
This is a picture of one about the right vintage and size.
A marvellous way of life when you're young.
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2 comments:
It's great that you have stories you can work on. I wish I could find some in my closet :) Happy writing!
After putting aside writing as a career in the 1970s, I continued to write for relaxation, accumulating a fair body of writing in the process. Sea stories were always my eventual goal, once I'd served my apprenticeship in romance!
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