Breeze for a Bargeman

Bob Roberts first went to sea aged fifteen in the barquentine, Waterwitch. He crossed the Atlantic in a 27-foot smack, and was sunk twice during the Second World War. He traded and fished on the coasts of East Anglia and owned and sailed the last working sailing vessel under the red ensign, the spritsail barge, Cambria. Here, he recounts adventures in brine, ice and fire, introducing the vessels he sailed and the colourful characters he met over the years, and telling of the places that figured in his life - not only on the coasts of the North Sea, but places as far flung as the West Indies, Ascension Island, West Africa, and Brazil.

Publisher: Seafarer Books
ISBN: 9780954275068