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Tall ships down:

the last voyages of the Pamir, Albatross, Marques, Pride of Baltimore, and Maria Asumpta
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McGraw Hill Professional, Feb 1, 2004 - Science - 352 pages

For all its romance, the tall-ship renaissance has a tragic side. Working from official documents, survivor and expert interviews, and his own tall-ship experience, Parrott re-creates the losses of five sail-training vessels: the 316-foot Pamir (1957), 117-foot Albatross (1961), 117-foot Marques (1984), 137-foot Pride of Baltimore (1986), and 125-foot Maria Asumpta (1995). He vividly re-creates each final voyage and then explores the roles played by ship stability, structural integrity, weather, human error, and standards of risk in tragedies at sea.

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My father-in-law gave me this a few years ago, and I loved it. It's a fascinating account of what went wrong in five major tall ships disasters over the course of the last century. (The movie White ... Read full review

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Makes me want to learn about the righting arm on the Cramer... Read full review

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JJhatross 19211961
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Jiarques 19171984
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Tride ofBaltimore 19771986
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About the author (2004)

Daniel S. Parrott is a professional mariner with twenty years' experience in tall ships all over the world. He holds a master's degree in maritime affairs from the University of Rhode Island, an Australian Masters Certificate, and a U.S. Coast Guard license for Master of Oceans, Motor, Steam, and Auxiliary Sail, 1,600 Tons. After five years in command of the 158-foot topsail schooner Pride of Baltimore II, he now teaches navigation, seamanship, and sail training at the Maine Maritime Academy.

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