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All hands on deck : a modern-day high seas adventure to the far side of the world / Will Sofrin.

by Sofrin, Will, author.

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New York, NY : Abrams Press, 2023.

Sofrin, Will -- Travel.

Surprise (Sailing ship: 2007- )

Rose (Sailing ship: 1970-2007)

Master and commander (Motion picture)

Shipwrights -- United States -- Biography.

Voyages and travels.

9781419767067 (hardback) :

xiv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Foreword by Tom Rothman -- Author's note -- Prologue -- Welcome home -- The Hells Angels of the sailing world -- Who are you? What are you doing? How are you getting there? -- Planet tall ship -- Richard Russ -- First day of work -- Jonny Two-times -- Preparation -- Underway -- Setting the sails -- The only way out is through -- Proposition -- Liftoff -- Puerto Rico -- T'Gallants -- Epoxy and sawdust -- There are no secrets -- Cristóbal -- Isla Taboga -- Russ -- The Captain -- The A-team -- Rum squall -- Land's end -- Point Loma -- Seventeen years later.

"A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an 18th-century warship 5,000 miles to Hollywood"--Amazon.

"In the late 1990s, Patrick O'Brian's multimillion-copy-selling historical novel series--the Aubrey-Maturin series, which was set during the Napoleonic Wars--seemed destined for film. With Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin, the production only needed a ship that could stand in for Lucky Jack's HMS Surprise, with historical accuracy paramount. The filmmakers found the Rose, a replica of an 18th-century ship that would work perfectly. Only there was one problem: the Rose was in Newport, Rhode Island, not in Southern California, where they would be filming. Enter a ragtag crew of thirty oddballs who stepped up for the task, including Will Sofrin, at the time a 21-year-old wooden-boat builder and yacht racer, who joined as the ship's carpenter. All Hands on Deck is Sofrin's memoir of the epic adventure delivering the Rose to Hollywood. It's a story of reinvention, of hard work on the high seas, of love, and of survival. The Rose was an example of the most cutting-edge technology of her era, but in the 21st century, barely anyone had experience sailing it. The crew effectively went back in time, brought to life the old ways of a forgotten world, and barely lived to tell the tale. Just a few days in, a terrifying hurricane-strength storm nearly sank the Rose, and later, a rogue wave caused a nearly fatal dismasting. And the ups and downs weren't limited to the waves--with the crew split into factions, making peace between warring camps became necessary, too, as did avoiding pirates and braving the temptations of shore leave. All Hands on Deck is a gripping story of an unforgettable journey and a must-read for fans who adore O'Brian's novels and the dramatic film adaptation of Master and Commander." -- Amazon.com.

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