After the Storm: True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea

by John Rousmaniere

Book Overview

This volume recounts stories of seafaring disasters and explores the consequences of these disasters for survivors, rescuers, families, communities and, in some cases, nations. The stories include: a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071427929
• ISBN13: 9780071427920
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Sea storms and the ripples they make.

This is a book full of informative, detailed and engaging stories about disasters and storms at sea. Rousmaniere wrote this book some years after he experienced and wrote about, the tragic 1979 Fastnet yacht race disaster (Fastnet, Force 10). He dissects each from the perspective of a yacht racer, seafarer, philosopher and theologian. He details the causes and factors leading up to the events and the aftereffects in communities and the world. In so doing, he lets out his own heart and soul. If you are interested in just the stories, you'll have to skip portions of the text. If you want to know "the rest of the story", then this book is for you. It is a book that I take off the shelf and revisit when the figurative storms of my life need to be put back into perspective.