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The Mariner’s Library

The Mariner’s Library

Chris Stanmore-Major

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Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 305

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The Mariner’s Library brings forgotten & obscure sailing books to life, allowing them to pass on their hard-won knowledge to a new generation of sailors. Read by solo, round-the-world yachtsman and host of ’The Mariner’ podcast; Chris Stanmore-Major.
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#239 | Endurance | Capt. Frank Worsley | Part 4

Episode 239

vendredi 2 août 2024Duration 22:29

Often when I am reading books in the Mariner's library I am also hearing the story for the first time myself-  this book however, is different.

Shackleton's escape from Antarctica is a story very well known to me and, to be blunt, has nourished my very soul in my  darkest days at sea.

 There is no greater tale of seamanship, ingenuity, tenacity & loyalty- there are no greater heroes.

This is that tale, told by a man who's skill upon the ocean is perhaps only matched by his skill with a pen; the Master of the 'Endurance', Captain Frank Worsley.

If you would like to listen to more about sailing, the sea and regular discussions about safety & seamanship; check out The Mariner Podcast, available on all podcast platforms.

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-mariner/id1710667118

To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. where for $5 a month you can get access to more audio books, videos and discussion.

https://www.patreon.com/themariner 

Check out also, The Mariner Youtube Channel - where we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports from all over the world.

Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!

https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA

 

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Please visit https://www.edwardwilliam.com/boat-insurance/proposal-form?pid=ORT

Remember to quote the code MARINER10  to receive 10% off your premium.

 

#238 | Endurance | Capt. Frank Worsley | Part 3

Episode 238

mercredi 31 juillet 2024Duration 24:33

Often when I am reading books in the Mariner's library I am also hearing the story for the first time myself-  this book however, is different.

Shackleton's escape from Antarctica is a story very well known to me and, to be blunt, has nourished my very soul in my  darkest days at sea.

 There is no greater tale of seamanship, ingenuity, tenacity & loyalty- there are no greater heroes.

This is that tale, told by a man who's skill upon the ocean is perhaps only matched by his skill with a pen; the Master of the 'Endurance', Captain Frank Worsley.

If you would like to listen to more about sailing, the sea and regular discussions about safety & seamanship; check out The Mariner Podcast, available on all podcast platforms.

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-mariner/id1710667118

To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. where for $5 a month you can get access to more audio books, videos and discussion.

https://www.patreon.com/themariner 

Check out also, The Mariner Youtube Channel - where we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports from all over the world.

Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!

https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA

 

Edward William Insurance.

Please visit https://www.edwardwilliam.com/boat-insurance/proposal-form?pid=ORT

Remember to quote the code MARINER10  to receive 10% off your premium.

 

#229 | The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss | Capt. J.C. Voss | Part 18

Episode 229

jeudi 25 avril 2024Duration 23:26

40,000Nm,  a circumnavigation of the world, completed double-handed, in a decked in, dug-out, red cedar canoe. The bare facts on the page already seem impossible.

There is only one sailor who holds a candle to Capt. Slocum, and that is Capt. Voss.

If you don't know who that is, don't worry, I didn't know either until I read this book. Now, I can't stop stop wondering how on earth he did what he did, and realizing once again, that modern sailing truly stands on the shoulders of giants.

I invite you to learn with me, the incredible story of one of the almost forgotten fathers of offshore sailing.

 

If you would like to listen to more about sailing, the sea and regular discussions about safety & seamanship; check out The Mariner Podcast, available on all podcast platforms.

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-mariner/id1710667118

To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. where for $5 a month you can get access to more audio books, videos and discussion.

https://www.patreon.com/themariner 

Check out also, The Mariner Youtube Channel - where we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports from all over the world.

Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!

https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA

 

#139 | The Wind Calls the Tune | S. Smith & C. Violet | Part 9

Episode 139

vendredi 8 septembre 2023Duration 25:07

As I am a sailor, as I live in Nova Scotia, and as I am an Eric Hiscock fanboy, any book that can combine the first two and receive a glowing foreword from the third, has got to be OK by me. 

As is always the way when discovering the most amazing sailing book you have ever read, I am not sure where it came from- but it's either a gem from the original Mariner's Library as it was donated to me; OR is one of the many sailing books I am now vacuuming up from all the marina and club house launderettes I visit, as I succumb to the feeling of responsibility to  bolster the variety and depth of the Mariner's Library while it's in my charge! Either way, it appeared on my desk and one look at the words written by Eric Hiscock and I was hooked! 

As I read I discovered a wonderful narrator with a keen eye for not only the detail of life at sea but an ability to express what it FEELS like to be at sea.  The author's description of waiting out gales at sea-anchor in their tiny boat left me with clammy hands, as a hundred similar personal experiences were conjured to mind.

The fact that I had not ever heard of this boat, the authors or their incredible voyage further underlines how important it is to breathe new life into these archives of incredible sailing experiences and learning by converting these lost tomes into publicly accessible podcasts. 

If you agree please consider supporting the podcast with a donation of $5 per month. In return you will get access to more exclusive patron-only book readings.

www.patreon.com/themariner

#138 | The Wind Calls the Tune | S. Smith & C. Violet | Part 8

Episode 138

jeudi 7 septembre 2023Duration 18:33

As I am a sailor, as I live in Nova Scotia, and as I am an Eric Hiscock fanboy, any book that can combine the first two and receive a glowing foreword from the third, has got to be OK by me. 

As is always the way when discovering the most amazing sailing book you have ever read, I am not sure where it came from- but it's either a gem from the original Mariner's Library as it was donated to me; OR is one of the many sailing books I am now vacuuming up from all the marina and club house launderettes I visit, as I succumb to the feeling of responsibility to  bolster the variety and depth of the Mariner's Library while it's in my charge! Either way, it appeared on my desk and one look at the words written by Eric Hiscock and I was hooked! 

As I read I discovered a wonderful narrator with a keen eye for not only the detail of life at sea but an ability to express what it FEELS like to be at sea.  The author's description of waiting out gales at sea-anchor in their tiny boat left me with clammy hands, as a hundred similar personal experiences were conjured to mind.

The fact that I had not ever heard of this boat, the authors or their incredible voyage further underlines how important it is to breathe new life into these archives of incredible sailing experiences and learning by converting these lost tomes into publicly accessible podcasts. 

If you agree please consider supporting the podcast with a donation of $5 per month. In return you will get access to more exclusive patron-only book readings.

www.patreon.com/themariner

#137 | The Wind Calls the Tune | S. Smith & C. Violet | Part 7

Episode 137

mercredi 6 septembre 2023Duration 15:21

As I am a sailor, as I live in Nova Scotia, and as I am an Eric Hiscock fanboy, any book that can combine the first two and receive a glowing foreword from the third, has got to be OK by me. 

As is always the way when discovering the most amazing sailing book you have ever read, I am not sure where it came from- but it's either a gem from the original Mariner's Library as it was donated to me; OR is one of the many sailing books I am now vacuuming up from all the marina and club house launderettes I visit, as I succumb to the feeling of responsibility to  bolster the variety and depth of the Mariner's Library while it's in my charge! Either way, it appeared on my desk and one look at the words written by Eric Hiscock and I was hooked! 

As I read I discovered a wonderful narrator with a keen eye for not only the detail of life at sea but an ability to express what it FEELS like to be at sea.  The author's description of waiting out gales at sea-anchor in their tiny boat left me with clammy hands, as a hundred similar personal experiences were conjured to mind.

The fact that I had not ever heard of this boat, the authors or their incredible voyage further underlines how important it is to breathe new life into these archives of incredible sailing experiences and learning by converting these lost tomes into publicly accessible podcasts. 

If you agree please consider supporting the podcast with a donation of $5 per month. In return you will get access to more exclusive patron-only book readings.

www.patreon.com/themariner

#136 | The Wind Calls the Tune | S. Smith & C. Violet | Part 6

Episode 136

mardi 5 septembre 2023Duration 22:40

As I am a sailor, as I live in Nova Scotia, and as I am an Eric Hiscock fanboy, any book that can combine the first two and receive a glowing foreword from the third, has got to be OK by me. 

As is always the way when discovering the most amazing sailing book you have ever read, I am not sure where it came from- but it's either a gem from the original Mariner's Library as it was donated to me; OR is one of the many sailing books I am now vacuuming up from all the marina and club house launderettes I visit, as I succumb to the feeling of responsibility to  bolster the variety and depth of the Mariner's Library while it's in my charge! Either way, it appeared on my desk and one look at the words written by Eric Hiscock and I was hooked! 

As I read I discovered a wonderful narrator with a keen eye for not only the detail of life at sea but an ability to express what it FEELS like to be at sea.  The author's description of waiting out gales at sea-anchor in their tiny boat left me with clammy hands, as a hundred similar personal experiences were conjured to mind.

The fact that I had not ever heard of this boat, the authors or their incredible voyage further underlines how important it is to breathe new life into these archives of incredible sailing experiences and learning by converting these lost tomes into publicly accessible podcasts. 

If you agree please consider supporting the podcast with a donation of $5 per month. In return you will get access to more exclusive patron-only book readings.

www.patreon.com/themariner

#135 | The Wind Calls the Tune | S. Smith & C. Violet | Part 5

Episode 135

lundi 4 septembre 2023Duration 19:03

As I am a sailor, as I live in Nova Scotia, and as I am an Eric Hiscock fanboy, any book that can combine the first two and receive a glowing foreword from the third, has got to be OK by me. 

As is always the way when discovering the most amazing sailing book you have ever read, I am not sure where it came from- but it's either a gem from the original Mariner's Library as it was donated to me; OR is one of the many sailing books I am now vacuuming up from all the marina and club house launderettes I visit, as I succumb to the feeling of responsibility to  bolster the variety and depth of the Mariner's Library while it's in my charge! Either way, it appeared on my desk and one look at the words written by Eric Hiscock and I was hooked! 

As I read I discovered a wonderful narrator with a keen eye for not only the detail of life at sea but an ability to express what it FEELS like to be at sea.  The author's description of waiting out gales at sea-anchor in their tiny boat left me with clammy hands, as a hundred similar personal experiences were conjured to mind.

The fact that I had not ever heard of this boat, the authors or their incredible voyage further underlines how important it is to breathe new life into these archives of incredible sailing experiences and learning by converting these lost tomes into publicly accessible podcasts. 

If you agree please consider supporting the podcast with a donation of $5 per month. In return you will get access to more exclusive patron-only book readings.

www.patreon.com/themariner

#134 | The Wind Calls the Tune | S. Smith & C. Violet | Part 4

Episode 134

vendredi 1 septembre 2023Duration 21:08

As I am a sailor, as I live in Nova Scotia, and as I am an Eric Hiscock fanboy, any book that can combine the first two and receive a glowing foreword from the third, has got to be OK by me. 

As is always the way when discovering the most amazing sailing book you have ever read, I am not sure where it came from- but it's either a gem from the original Mariner's Library as it was donated to me; OR is one of the many sailing books I am now vacuuming up from all the marina and club house launderettes I visit, as I succumb to the feeling of responsibility to  bolster the variety and depth of the Mariner's Library while it's in my charge! Either way, it appeared on my desk and one look at the words written by Eric Hiscock and I was hooked! 

As I read I discovered a wonderful narrator with a keen eye for not only the detail of life at sea but an ability to express what it FEELS like to be at sea.  The author's description of waiting out gales at sea-anchor in their tiny boat left me with clammy hands, as a hundred similar personal experiences were conjured to mind.

The fact that I had not ever heard of this boat, the authors or their incredible voyage further underlines how important it is to breathe new life into these archives of incredible sailing experiences and learning by converting these lost tomes into publicly accessible podcasts. 

If you agree please consider supporting the podcast with a donation of $5 per month. In return you will get access to more exclusive patron-only book readings.

www.patreon.com/themariner

#133 | The Wind Calls the Tune | S. Smith & C. Violet | Part 3

Episode 133

jeudi 31 août 2023Duration 21:16

As I am a sailor, as I live in Nova Scotia, and as I am an Eric Hiscock fanboy, any book that can combine the first two and receive a glowing foreword from the third, has got to be OK by me. 

As is always the way when discovering the most amazing sailing book you have ever read, I am not sure where it came from- but it's either a gem from the original Mariner's Library as it was donated to me; OR is one of the many sailing books I am now vacuuming up from all the marina and club house launderettes I visit, as I succumb to the feeling of responsibility to  bolster the variety and depth of the Mariner's Library while it's in my charge! Either way, it appeared on my desk and one look at the words written by Eric Hiscock and I was hooked! 

As I read I discovered a wonderful narrator with a keen eye for not only the detail of life at sea but an ability to express what it FEELS like to be at sea.  The author's description of waiting out gales at sea-anchor in their tiny boat left me with clammy hands, as a hundred similar personal experiences were conjured to mind.

The fact that I had not ever heard of this boat, the authors or their incredible voyage further underlines how important it is to breathe new life into these archives of incredible sailing experiences and learning by converting these lost tomes into publicly accessible podcasts. 

If you agree please consider supporting the podcast with a donation of $5 per month. In return you will get access to more exclusive patron-only book readings.

www.patreon.com/themariner


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