In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History - Hardcover

Strong, Skip; Braden, Twain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592281052 ISBN 13: 9781592281053

Publisher: UNKNO, 2003

Synopsis

"Strong and Braden's tale of an imperfect storm, three ships, and a daring rescue comes to vivid life in this gem of a book." -Publishers Weekly

"A marvelous yarn about an incredible rescue." -The Bangor (ME) Daily News

When Skip Strong, a thirty-two-year-old captain of the 688-foot oil tanker Cherry Valley received the call, all he knew was that an oceangoing tug with five men aboard was in distress off Florida's east coast. Caught in an unusually powerful storm, the tug's engines failed, and as the winds gusted to more than sixty miles per hour and the sea whipped into a frenzy, the tug and the barge it was pulling were in danger of being swept ashore.

Captain Strong also knew without a doubt that he would follow the thousandsyear- old tradition of the sea and come to the aid of the crew, the tug, and its cargo, despite the fact that he would have to maneuver his ship, laden with ten million gallons of oil, in extremely hazardous conditions. One mistake and Strong would be responsible for an ecological disaster on Florida's beaches equal to that of the Exxon Valdez.

What Captain Strong didn't know was that the tug was carrying a 150-foot aluminum fuel cell worth upwards of $50 million. And that in the instant he decided to rescue the tug and its crew he was opening the door on a dramatic and tense legal struggle that would pit him against the U.S. government for salvage rights.

IN PERIL is a taut, well-paced, and riveting drama wrapped around a seagoing world few people have the opportunity to glimpse.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

When Skip Strong, the thirty-two-year-old captain of the 688-foot oil tanker Cherry Valley received the call, all he knew was that an oceangoing tug with five men aboard was in distress off Florida's east coast. Caught in an unusually powerful storm, the tug's engines failed, and as the winds gusted to more than 60 miles per hour and the sea whipped into a frenzy, the tug and the barge it was pulling were in danger of being swept ashore.
Strong also knew without a doubt that he would follow the thousands-year-old tradition of the sea and come to the aid of the crew, the tug, and its cargo, despite the fact that he would have to maneuvered his ship, laden with ten million gallons of oil, in extremely hazardous conditions. One mistake and Strong would be responsible for an ecological disaster on Florida's beaches equal to that of the Exxon Valdez.
What Strong didn't know as he began his nerve-wracking rescue was that the tug was carrying a 150-foot aluminum fuel tank for the space shuttle worth upwards of fifty million dollars. And that in the instant he decided to rescue the tug and its crew he was opening the door on a dramatic and tense legal struggle that would pit him against the U.S. government for salvage rights.
In Peril is a taut, well-paced, and riveting drama wrapped around a seagoing world few people have the opportunity to glimpse.

About the Author:

SKIP STRONG was thirty-two when he started sailing as captain of the Cherry Valley. He is now a ship pilot on Penobscot Bay.

TWAIN BRADEN has worked as a navigation instructor and captain aboard traditionally rigged sailing vessels from Maine to the Caribbean. He now operates the vintage wooden schooner Bagheera, a 1924 John Alden design, out of the Old Port in Portland, Maine.

About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1592281052
• ISBN 13: 9781592281053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240