The Boy, Me and the Cat: Cruise of the Mascot, 1912 - 1913

by Henry Merrihew Plummer

Book Overview

Like a fresh breeze from the sea and memories of long runs past yellow beaches and heavy beats up stormy coasts, comes the story of The Boy, Me and the Cat. Mr. Plummer, accompanied by Henry, Jr.(to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971504156
• ISBN13: 9780971504158
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Catboat Association, Inc.
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An inspiring adventure tale

This inspirational journal with an unlikely cast traces a metaphysical trip down the east coast of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century in a small Cat boat. The author and main antagonist uses language and terms which are of a bygone era. The author turns out to have a way with words which matches his practical sense and boating abilities. What seems to be the start of a routine sail down the coast turns out to be anything but. Shipwrecked off the Carolina's he and his son rebuild their craft to continue the journey to their final destination, just in time to turn around and return. As he puts it so well "Good thing to get scared up now and then. Sort of gets you used to the feeling and helps you to keep yourself in hand.. Wouldn't give much for a man who says he was never scared, as it simply means he is either a fool or has never been properly tried out. H. Plummer (author)

A charming look back to the ICW of yesteryear

I'm so excited to see this book in print again. I read an old copy lent to be by a friend after my husband and I "did the ditch" (traveled the Intracoastal Waterway) from Florida to Maryland. The tale is by a New England gentleman of superb boating skills who travels to Florida along the then-new ICW in a small sailboat with his son and an elderly cat. This was very unusual, people along the way had never seen a sailboat making the trip. And they have some harrowing experiences such as going aground (of course we all know about that!) but there was no Tow Boat US to come get them out of trouble. Particularly for anyone who has traveled the modern ICW, it is a fascinating documentary of how undeveloped the lowlands were back then. And it is written with great charm so that anyone who likes "messing around with boats" will enjoy it.

Cats and more Cats

I bought my copy of this book in the early 70's. It is still on my book shelf along with the more important books in my life such as Bill Atkin's "Of Yachts and Men", Herreshoff's "The Compleat Cruiser" and Maurice Griffiths' "The Magic of the Sands".This is a book about a trip that a man took with his son. It is a report mostly from a thoughtful log and bears enough interest that there it sits in its plain brown book cover on my shelf asking to be read yet again.What more could you say about a book than it share space with those others?