How My Life’s Course Was Set, at 19, Aboard a Swedish Freighter, Heading for the South Seas

Gotham Canoe OFFERINGS ABOUT CONTACT A Marine Memoir in Six Parts By Barry D. Wood PART I Slowly, silently the big ship slides away from pier 34. Nudged up close to the hull, the tug has taken hold of the mooring line and begins to guide the Swedish merchantman out into San Francisco bay. There’s a short toot and then a voice in Swedish over the … Continue reading How My Life’s Course Was Set, at 19, Aboard a Swedish Freighter, Heading for the South Seas