Barefoot Pirate: The Tall Ships and Tales of Windjammer | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ed Crowell, Robert W. Schachner
Publisher: Square One Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 415142
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 290
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 9.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0757001289
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9780757001284
ASIN: 0757001289
Publication Date: August 2003
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Book Description
Barefoot Pirate is the captivating tale of one man's pursuit of an unshakable dream--a true story of swashbuckling adventures, classic tall ships, and a sailor's steadfast determination to prove himself right. It is the personal account of Captain Mike Burke and the world-famous Windjammer Barefoot Cruise line he built with his barefoot spirit and his iron will to succeed. Brilliantly written with full-color photographs and illustrations, this book offers an insider's view of how Captain Mike managed to save classic sailing ships from sure destruction, and, along the way, put together one of the finest fleets of vessels in the world. Also included are stories of ships once owned by Aristotle Onassis, E.F. Hutton and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post, and George Vanderbilt III, to mention only a few. While you may never experience the excitement of boarding a tall ship or feel the sea spray on your face as your ship glides through the ocean, you can come close by sharing the many stories and pictures courtesy of Captain Mike Burke, the Barefoot Pirate.
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 A tale of the sea if there ever was one. March 5, 2008
Barefoot Pirate will have a huge appeal to anybody (including me) that has ever sailed on one of the Windjammer fleet's vessels. It details Mike Burke's (the founders) career and gives the history of each of the sailing vessels in the fleet. As a prior windjammer reading the book, it took me far away from my normal office job- even though I have not sailed Flying Cloud for over 30 years! I still have vivid memories to this day.
On the down side, the book is understandably biased and does not give a full
accounts of the safety and financial issues that have dogged the business, and the quality of the photographs in the book are not nearly what we expect in modern printing. Many are grainy and many others lack detail.
As I write this (March 2008) the future of the entire fleet is uncertain, and books like this may ultimately be the final historical repository for the Windjammer fleet of sailing vessels.
 the tall ships and tales of windjammer by ed crowell May 12, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been doing windjammer cruises for over 20 years. The book shows what happens behind the scenes and how windjammers got there start. But it's more a book about a very interesting man.
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