HMS Surprise - Patrick O'Brian

 

Book #3 in the Aubrey-Maturin series. From 1973. Wiki says this is considered one of the best in the long series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Surprise_(novel)

Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian

 

Trade paperback. Book #2 in the Aubrey Maturin series. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Captain_(novel) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series

October Century

 

• Design for magazine cover showing a sailboat.
• Lawrence, H. M., artist
• [New York : 1896]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/93500957/
  

Captain Ron (1992)

 

Directed by Thom Eberhardt. Found on Tubi. Kurt Russell, Mary Kay Place, Martin Short.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Ron

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/captainronpg13kempley_a0a328.htm 

https://unobtainium13.com/2025/03/17/guilty-pleasure-no-77-captain-ron-dir-by-thom-eberhardt/

[Sailing bicycles on the beach, Ormond, Fla.]

 

• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• [between 1900 and 1910]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016807562/
  

Anoatok

 

Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer

Detroit Publishing Co., publisher

1899 July 22.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016813135/

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

 

Directed by Peter Weir. New flick Free With Ads on Youtube. It's a good one. Russell Crowe. I have one of the books that I've read, the first one. Good book. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_and_Commander:_The_Far_Side_of_the_World

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world-2003

https://www.avclub.com/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world-1798199165

https://medium.com/@sadissinger/a-film-to-remember-master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world-2003-b61f51370689

I'm Sailing

c. 1920.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garthsnaid_-_SLV_H91.250-933.jpg