West Coast Tales by Walter Weyndling

West Coast Tales by Walter Weyndling

Responsible for the sea-worthiness of countless vessels and therefore the lives of their captains and crews, Weyndling's job took him the length of the coast and introduced him to many entertaining characters along the way. West Coast Tales, like Weyndling's first collection of stories Ferry Tales, is a collection of memories from the beginning of his career as an apprentice in a Glasgow shipyard in WW2 to his time working as a ship surveyor on the East and West Coasts of Scotland. Designed throughout with original photographs and drawings, the book offers a comprehensive view over the twentieth-century Scottish boat industry, looking at fishing boats, small craft, ferries, boatyards and shipyards. The dangers of the sea-faring life are also examined in Weyndling's examinations of marine casualties. Although it is a book about boats, it is also a compelling portrait of life on the Western Coast and on the Islands. It is the people whose lives are connected so closely to ship and sea who are most vividly remembered by Weyndling, from taciturn skippers and stubborn captains to East End Londoners turned Islay farmers. Comic yet moving, West Coast Tales has a gentle and reminiscent tone, perfectly capturing the attitudes of the time whilst taking the reader on a journey through Scotland's boating history.

Walter Weyndling was born in Krakow, came to Scotland in 1939 and studied naval architecture at Glasgow University. He was a member of the Admiralty Naval Construction Department during the war and subsequently became a marine surveyor with the Board of Trade, firstly on the east coast, then on the west coast of Scotland. He currently lives in Wiltshire.

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ISBN 13	9781841583464
ISBN 10	1841583464
Titel	West Coast Tales
Autor	Walter Weyndling
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Birlinn General
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-05-25
Seitenanzahl	192
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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