Crossing the bar : the adventures of a San Francisco Bay bar pilot / / Captain Paul E. Lobo

• Autore: Lobo Paul
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Seahorse Publishing, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, photographs
• Disciplina: 363.123
• Soggetto topico: Pilots and pilotage; Seafaring life; Pilots and pilotage - California
• Soggetto geografico: San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Biography
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Stand By Engines -- 1. Stand By Engines -- 2. Aground with Captain Sever -- 3. What is a Maritime Pilot? -- 4. History of San Francisco Bar Pilots -- 5. California Pilotage -- 6. The Difference Between Lightning and a Lightning Bug -- 7. My Last Ships -- 8. Don't Have an Accident on a Slow News Day -- 9. Why did the Cosco Busan Ram the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge? -- 10. Ship Happens -- 11. The Port of Oakland -- 12. Changes -- 13. Daydreams to Nightmares -- 14. Other Tales of the Union Pacific Bridge and Sam Davies -- 15. Great Escapes of Others -- 16. My Great Escapes -- 17. Man, it's Dangerous Out There -- 18. A Tough Way to Get to Work -- 19. "The Sea is . . . Fast at Sinking the Unfit". -- 20. The Calm After the Storm? -- 21. Crazy Horse on the War Path -- 22. Anchors Aweigh: Piloting for the U.S. Navy -- 23. Some Pilots of Note -- 24. Ride-Alongs, or Want to See Something Really Different? -- 25. The Golden Gate Bridge -- 26. Illegitimi Non Carborundum, or Why I'm Glad I Retired -- 27. Would I do it Over Again? -- Photo Insert.
• Sommario/riassunto: There is nothing placid about San Francisco Bay. Its raucous waters have hosted brutal storms, daring rescues, horrendous accidents, and countless hours of drama and tension. Captain Paul Lobo knows that better than most people. As a licensed harbor pilot in those treacherous waters, Lobo captained nearly 6,500 boats in a thirty-one year career--everything from mega-yachts to the USS Enterprise to the Love Boat. Each trip tells its own story, and Lobo shares many. Here readers will find gripping, tense adventure stories, all well told. Reading Crossing the Bar is like being on the rolling bridge with Lobo. Here are tragic deaths and lives saved, inspiring rescues, devastating storms, and the infamous and horrendous oil spill after the Cosco Busan rammed the Oakland Bay Bridge--which resulted in the first imprisonment of a maritime pilot for making an error. Readers will also find a December sea rescue Lobo assisted with in hurricane strength winds and monstrous seas. Without Lobo's pilot boat and its crews' supreme effort, the ship they saved would have foundered on the rocky Marin County, California, coastline with the loss of all hands. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports--books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other; publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
• Titolo autorizzato: Crossing the bar
• ISBN: 1-944824-01-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158988003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II