Captain Don Maidlow

Broschiertes Buch

A Drop in the Ocean

Understanding the Bermuda Triangle Phenomena

Beschreibung

This is the true story of a boy who develops a profound love of rivers, waterways and the ocean, together with the boats and ships that sail on them. By luck he wins a place in a navigation school and eventually joins the British merchant navy. As a young second mate on the "Border Reiver" in 1968, he is witness to an incident where his ship nearly sinks, and he is unable to find any logical reason to explain the incident. He becomes determined to find the cause of the lethal phenomena once known as the "Bermuda Triangle Mystery." In 1978 he is witness to a second episode of the phenomena and manages to gather a few clues. This is the story of his search for the truth, and finally, his discovery of what causes the Bermuda Triangle phenomena, and the answer to a centuries-old mystery. He also discovers why the Bermuda Triangle phenomena is so elusive, why it is so lethal, and what can be done to prevent further sinkings and loss of seafarers' lives. This is a fascinating and amazing read.

Autor

Don Maidlow was born to a Canadian father and an English mother shortly before the end of the Second World War. He went to sea at the age of fifteen, first sailing on fishing boats, then from 1960 to 1984 he sailed on ships registered to the British, Kuwait, and Lebanese merchant navies. He obtained a British master's certificate of competency (class 1) at South Shields Marine College in 1973. He continued sailing as chief officer and captain until migrating to Australia with his family at the end of 1984. In Australia, he worked as a stevedore supervisor, a state manager for a stevedoring company and shipping agency, then as a marine pilot and loading master. He also worked as an operations manager for a shipping company based in Sydney. In 1993 he bought an ocean-going ketch in which he went cruising with his wife, Gill, when they left Sydney in 1997. When Gill was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2001 and could no longer go sailing, he started a small company called Matelot Marine and earned a living from doing boat surveys, shipwright work, and delivering vessels around the world. He is now seventy-six years old and lives at Kyogle, in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales, with his wife Gill.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tellwell Talent
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780228822004
• ISBN-10: 0228822009
• Artikelnr.: 60591422