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Down to the Sea in Ships - Book Group Oct 2022 discussion thread

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McGoohan Oct 2022 5:08pm, 6 Oct 2022 51,729 posts	0 McGoohan Ar, chosen by Fetch hisself. This book be lifted from the depths of Davy Jones' locker, so it be. A tale of daring on the high seas of the Spanish Main. Horatio Clare, captain of the fair lateen-rigged caravel Hispaniola ... [checks notes]... stows away... [checks notes again]... travels on some Maersk container vessels in search of pirate gold... Ar.
fetcheveryone Oct 2022 5:13pm, 6 Oct 2022 28,243 posts	0 fetcheveryone Thank eee.
McGoohan Oct 2022 5:14pm, 6 Oct 2022 51,730 posts	0 McGoohan Arr
fetcheveryone Oct 2022 5:15pm, 6 Oct 2022 28,244 posts	0 fetcheveryone I’m about 80 pages in.
GregP Oct 2022 7:04am, 10 Oct 2022 139,681 posts	0 GregP About thirty pages in. As some of you know I drove to Harwich (Felixstowe’s little sibling - about an hour away) so I could start the book by the sea and looking at container ships*. I really recommend this approach if you’re anywhere near a container port. Other early comment - it’s an autumn book. Can’t fault Fetch’s timing. So far, so splendid.
GregP Oct 2022 8:47am, 10 Oct 2022 139,682 posts	0 GregP *
McGoohan Oct 2022 8:52am, 10 Oct 2022 51,738 posts	0 McGoohan I know someone witha CostCo card - might see if I can get a container
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Oct 2022 2:05pm, 10 Oct 2022 46,443 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Ooh - I'm not in the bookgroup, but I have found this thread while doing some tagging. This book has been unread on my shelf for a year or more ...
fetcheveryone Oct 2022 1:03pm, 11 Oct 2022 28,273 posts	0 fetcheveryone Feel free to join us for a read Synge
westmoors Oct 2022 11:53am, 16 Oct 2022 6,682 posts	0 westmoors Finished this yesterday. Was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Who'd a thought a book about shipping containers could be such an interesting read!

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Ar, chosen by Fetch hisself. This book be lifted from the depths of Davy Jones' locker, so it be. A tale of daring on the high seas of the Spanish Main. Horatio Clare, captain of the fair lateen-rigged caravel Hispaniola ... [checks notes]... stows away... [checks notes again]... travels on some Maersk container vessels in search of pirate gold...

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