Excerpts

  • Man Overboard
    An excerpt from the chapter, Man Overboard. We loaded steel coils and set sail for Port Klang in Malaysia. At Port Dampier in northwest Australia, we took a full load of bulk iron ore destined for Kaohsiung in Taiwan. There, we had a change in the crew. The Radio Officer left and was replaced by
  • Growlers in Newfoundland
    An excerpt from the chapter Growlers in Newfoundland. The Panama Canal transit is a beautiful experience. The canal uses a rail-based system that uses electric locomotives called “mules” which are essentially rail-based tugs to move ships from higher sea levels to lower and vice versa while also guiding them through the chambers and keeping them
  • Fight
    The following is an excerpt from the chapter titled Fight. There was this one time when we had a visiting magician at school. I was sitting on the bleachers in the school auditorium watching the magic show when an older student started to kick me from behind. He was sitting higher and the toe of