The Crested SeasJohnnie Angus grew up around fishermen and fishing vessels and, like other young men in Judique, on Cape Breton's southwest shore, he always dreamed of going to sea. When he and his companion Louis, "a Gaelic-speaking negro," get trapped "accidentally" aboard his uncle's schooner in the harbour at Port Hood, their hair-raising and daring adventures begin. Full of action throughout, The Crested Seas is fine entertainment for all ages, a chance to go to sea vicariously in the age of graceful schooners and experience the timeless struggle of man against the sea. |
Contents
Chapter I Outward Bound | 1 |
Chapter II We Put To Sea | 5 |
Chapter III At The Mercy Of Wind And Wave | 15 |
Chapter IV Whitehead | 20 |
Chapter V Rescue | 27 |
Chapter VI Foul Weather Jock | 32 |
Chapter VII Night Of The Big Blow | 42 |
Chapter VIII In The Depths | 51 |
Chapter XXII Capn Jock Comes To His Own | 138 |
Chapter XXIII Magic O The Pipes | 144 |
Chapter XXIV Strategy | 150 |
Chapter XXV The Bold Man Seldom Gets Hurt | 155 |
Chapter XXVI Blessed Marys Treasury | 163 |
Chapter XXVII Setting The Trawls | 171 |
Chapter XXVIII Trawling | 177 |
Chapter XXIX A Flying Set | 183 |
Chapter IX The Ice Floe | 57 |
Chapter X A Walloping ComeBack | 62 |
Chapter XI Off For The Banks | 66 |
Chapter XII A Gale | 71 |
Chapter XIII When Georges Shoals Are White | 78 |
Chapter XIV The Return | 83 |
Chapter XV Rival Queens | 93 |
Chapter XVI The Dundee | 100 |
Chapter XVIII Challenge | 115 |
Chapter XIX The Start | 121 |
Chapter XX Open Ocean | 129 |
Chapter XXI Running Before A Gale | 133 |
Chapter XXX A Wicked Dawn | 189 |
Chapter XXXI The Old Enemy | 197 |
Chapter XXXII Strongheart | 202 |
Chapter XXXIII DoryMates | 207 |
Chapter XXXIV On Our BeamEnds | 212 |
Chapter XXXV In The Fog | 218 |
Chapter XXXVI How We Made It | 224 |
Chapter XXXVII Vengeance Is Mine | 230 |
Chapter XXXVIII Graveyard Of The Atlantic | 236 |
Chapter XXXIX Pride Goeth Before | 241 |
Chapter XL Lee Shore | 251 |
Common terms and phrases
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