Dangerous Waters: Wrecks and Rescues off the BC Coast
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Rating | : | 4.99 (612 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1550172883 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-06-24 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is the author of the BC bestseller Dangerous Waters: Wrecks and Rescues Off the BC Coast, which was shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award for best BC book of the year. About the AuthorKeith Keller was born in Vancouver and grew up in the Fraser Valley. . He has been a reporter and a teacher, and spent four summer commercial cod fishing from a one-family island off the Labrador coast. He lives on Denman Island with his wife and two daughters
Excellent Read Captain Billy G If you are ever on the ocean or the sea and you have been in some tough weather, you will appreciate these stories of survival. I know some of those in the stories personally. I find this very interesting reading.
Keith Keller was born in Vancouver and grew up in the Fraser Valley. He is the author of the BC bestseller Dangerous Waters: Wrecks and Rescues Off the BC Coast, which was shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award for best BC book of the year. He lives on Denman Island with his wife and two daughters. He has been a reporter and a teacher, and spent four summer commercial cod fishing from a one-family island off the Labrador c
The coastal waters of British Columbia are among the most treacherous in the world, with steep rocky shores, mazes of reefs, waves fifty feet high, and Pacific storms that blow in unexpectedly with the force of hurricanes. They are also stories of faith, determination, the tremendous courage of ordinary people, and the transformative power of surviving a life-threatening ordeal. Most vessels that venture forth on these waters arrive safely at their destinations.Others have not been so lucky. The accounts are harrowing, funny, honest and very, very moving.. These are stories of death, near-death, terror and grief. These twenty-one hair-raising accounts of marine disasters and near disasters come from those who lived through them: the fishermen, Sunday boaters and cruise ship passengers; and the rescuers who were there