Under Sail (Annotated)

Under Sail is a richly textured work of maritime literature, evoking the waning world of deep-water sailing ships with uncommon authority. Colcord writes of crews, captains, storms, watches, and the moral pressure of life at sea in a style at once documentary and lyrical. The book belongs to the tradition of Anglo-American sea writing associated with Melville, Conrad, and Dana, yet its perspective...