The roar of the sea /Captain William A. Crowell and Frank Crowell Leaman ; editors: Allison Lawlor, Stephanie Porter.
- Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador : Boulder Publications, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations.
Statement of responsibility for editors from title page verso. Contains The roar of the sea by Captain William Crowell and A grandson remembers by Frank Crowell Leaman.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Contents; INTRODUCTION; THE ROAR OF THE SEA; CHILDHOOD; The wrecks of the Etta Stewart and Dorcas; FIRST VOYAGES; The Maud Palmer; Three years on the Curzon; Near the Cape; The Saint David; Going into steam; Fishing out of Gloucester; Sailing the Grand Banks; A haddock trip down on the Cape Shore; Home again; Saving the lives of many; THE QUEEN MARY; A trial run; FROM HALIFAX TO VANCOUVER IN 14 MONTHS; The South Shore to Yarmouth; American waters; Portland, Maine; Gloucester, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; Cape Cod Canal; Newport, Rhode Island; New Haven, Connecticut My first bad stormNew York City, New York; The Atlantic City coast; Chesapeake Bay; Baltimore, Maryland; Annapolis, Maryland; Norfolk, Virginia; A storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; Kill Devil Station; A close call; The Carolina coast; The Georgia coast; St. Augustine, Florida; Miami, Florida; Key West, Florida; The Cuban coast; The Mexican coast; Xcalak, Mexico; Toward Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Heading to the Panama Canal; Through the Panama Canal; Into the Pacific; Tough going off Cape Blanco; Washed overboard; Along El Salvador; Toward Puerto San JosÃ(c); Salina Cruz, Mexico Toward Acapulco, MexicoResting at Acapulco; Manzanillo, Mexico; Mazatlán, Mexico; Off to California; The long drift; Crossing the Gulf of California; A year gone by; A lonesome birthday; San Diego, California; San Pedro, California; San Francisco, California; Eureka, California; Reach Coos Bay; The home stretch; Reaching my goal; REMAINING DAYS ON LAND AND AT SEA; The Gloucester races; Abandoned trip to Sable Island; Remodelling the Queen Mary; The end of my sailing days; Last port; A GRANDSON REMEMBERS; The Queen Maryâ#x80;#x99;s Viking funeral; Preserving Nova Scotiaâ#x80;#x99;s history My Loyalist family historyEpilogue; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON THE TEXT
Nova Scotia's maritime heritage is brought to life in the story of an adventurer who traveled the world on an epic solo voyage in a 23-foot sailboat in the 1930s. With only his dog, Togo, as a companion, Captain William Crowell overcame the challenges of an unforgiving ocean. Decades later, his grandson Frank Leaman helped him tell the story of his travels. The Roar of the Sea explores not only his family's history, but also Nova Scotia's seafaring heritage. After the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax included Captain Crowell's solo voyage as part of its permanent Days of Sail exhibit.
9781927099520
Crowell, William A.
Single-handed sailing. Voyages to the Pacific coast.