In Peril A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made Histo

by Skip Strong

There is hidden danger at sea--but more in court.

Genres: Nonfiction, Maritime, Adventure

Unknown Binding

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Madison Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a maritime nerd you will love this book

[Frederick Bingham · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author of this book is a tanker captain. He was sailing from New Orleans to Jacksonville FL when he got caught in a hurricane. He came upon a tugboat that was towing the external fuel tank for the space shuttle. The tug's engines had stopped functioning and he was drifting towards a reef. The tanker passed the tug a rope and towed it away from the reef and kept it from sinking at great risk of an oil spill. This is the dramatic story of a rescue at sea.The other part of the story has to do with the law of salvage. When one ship rescues another, it is entitled to a fraction of the value of the saved ship. This amounted to a lot of money for the space shuttle's fuel tank. Once the rescue was complete, the lawyers got involved. The captain and his shipping company eventually ended up with a large settlement as a result of their daring rescue.

[Eric_W · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like nautical, you'll love this story of a tanker captain who, through superior seamanship, used his oil tanker as a salvage vessel to rescue the tug and barge hauling one of the Shuttle's booster rockets.

The legal maneuvering to determine who should get the salvage value is great for maritime lawyer wannabes.

Great story.

[Jim Reinknecht · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book a few years ago. Skip does an amazing job of explaining life at sea, day to day ship operations, and his amazing and dangerous rescue. It's a fantastic read, so very interesting.

[Miguel Hollander · Rating 4 out of 5]

riveting true story.

[Brock Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even if I wasn't a huge nautical book fan this is an excellent book. I'm looking forward to reading this again.