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Tall Ships Down : The Last Voyages of the Pamir, Albatross, Marques, Pride of Baltimore, and Maria Asumpta | 
 enlarge | Authors: Daniel S. Parrott, Daniel Parrott
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 312987
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 007143545X
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.452
UPC: 639785803010
EAN: 9780071435451
ASIN: 007143545X
Publication Date: January 26, 2004
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For all its romance, the tall-ship renaissance has a tragic side. Working from official documents, survivor and expert interviews, and his own tall-ship experience, Parrott re-creates the losses of five sail-training vessels: the 316-foot Pamir (1957), 117-foot Albatross (1961), 117-foot Marques (1984), 137-foot Pride of Baltimore (1986), and 125-foot Maria Asumpta (1995). He vividly re-creates each final voyage and then explores the roles played by ship stability, structural integrity, weather, human error, and standards of risk in tragedies at sea.
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 Reads like a textbook March 23, 2008
People read books for different reasons; Perhaps to educate, to scare,to entertain, to laugh, to amuse. While Tall Ships Down is quite brilliantly written it reads like a very dry textbook and I found it very difficult to enjoy. It could very well have been written as a textbook for a University course and reads very much like that is its intended purpose. Despite the exciting subject of disasters at sea, you'll find little excitement in these pages and I would seek that stimulation elsewhere.
 A Good Read for Risk Management Professionals November 6, 2007
As a Risk Management professional I'm always looking to learn from others mistakes so that I can better help my clients. I found that I couldn't read this book without my hand highlighter nearby because I was constantly wanting to mark text for later reference. There are a great number of good point made in this book on how mistakes are made. A superb teaching aid for anyone who deals with managing risk...
 Must read for any serious sailor January 10, 2007
I am new to sailing and not a captain and have not sailed the seven seas. However, this book is the best lesson any new sailor can learn because it is a very good analysis of why ships sink, any ship, not just a tall ship. The key is that these are very big ships that people equate with safety but the principles outlined in this book apply to all boats.
I feel sad for the lose of life due to these sinkings and the author makes it clear that prevention of future occurances is his goal in writing this book.
I highly recommend this book.
why some ships sink February 2, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Readers seeking spine-tingling narratives of sea disasters will be disappointed with Tall Ships Down, because this brilliant book is instead a penetrating analysis of the circumstances of loss of several traditional sail ships in recent times. In five lucid essays, the author uses each sinking to illuminate the intersection of changes in nautical technological traditions, situational decision-making, and construction of sailing heritage. Beyond sailors or maritime buffs, this superbly written work should capture anyone interested in the sociology of technological change. The author is thoughtful and engaging, with his experience as captain of large traditional sail ships only one source of the book's extraordinary insights. Tall Ships Down will take its place as a classic alongside technology and culture studies such as Hilton's Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic. I'd consider it a shame if the author does not give us next a full-length treatment of the sinking of the Pamir, or a biography of Alan Villiers.
A Great Read May 15, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a great read for both professional mariners and armchair sailors alike. Professionals will appreciate the insight into these disasters and their causes, while the armchair sailor will find the sea stories fascinating enough to keep their interest. The author's writing style is easy to read, and his research is fairly extensive. All in all an outstanding book that deserves a place in any nautical library.
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