Barefoot Pirate- The Tall Ships and Tales of Windjammer

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Windjammers
Great book !! I used to be a " barefoot" sailor, on the Flying Cloud,- Mandalay,- -Yankee Clipper,-Yankee Trader, - so this evokes some wonderfull memories, wish Windjammer was still operational. This book captures the essence of "Windjammer", and explains some of the dedication that was part of its creation. Reccomend this to any FREE !!! spirits left out there---

A tale of the sea if there ever was one.
Barefoot Pirate will have a huge appeal to anybody (including me) that has ever sailed on one of the Windjammer fleet's vessels. It details Mike Burke's (the founders) career and gives the history of each of the sailing vessels in the fleet. As a prior windjammer reading the book, it took me far away from my normal office job- even though I have not sailed Flying Cloud for over 30 years! I still have vivid memories to this day. On the down side, the book is understandably biased and does not give a full accounts of the safety and financial issues that have dogged the business, and the quality of the photographs in the book are not nearly what we expect in modern printing. Many are grainy and many others lack detail. As I write this (March 2008) the future of the entire fleet is uncertain, and books like this may ultimately be the final historical repository for the Windjammer fleet of sailing vessels.

the tall ships and tales of windjammer by ed crowell
I have been doing windjammer cruises for over 20 years. The book shows what happens behind the scenes and how windjammers got there start. But it's more a book about a very interesting man.