The big coastwise tug Hydrographer pounds alongside Horace Howland’s steam yacht in a Norfolk coal slip, and her young captain catches the eye of a girl at the rail. Dan Merrithew’s seamanship soon takes him from towing barges to rescues at sea, fights in the dark and a revolution in a small Caribbean republic where wits must beat machine guns.
Salt-water adventure from a writer who knew working boats, for readers who like their heroes practical. Download the free EPUB.