Call of the ancient mariner : Reese Palley's guide to a long sailing life / Reese Palley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palley, Reese.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boats and boating--Miscellanea.

Boats and boating.

Older people--Recreation--Miscellanea.

Older people.

Palley, Reese.

Older people--Recreation.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, [2004]

Summary:

Do you think it's time to stow your boat shoes and leave sailing to younger, stronger, and more supple mariners? Don't! As 83-year-old Reese Palley defiantly proclaims in Call of the Ancient Mariner, sailing is the natural sport of the old, the best way to lengthen and improve your life, and the perfect antidote to a society that conspires to restrict the horizons of anyone with a gray hair or two. Palley believes, passionately, that you can and should keep sailing through your golden years. This book is his soapbox, and his message is eloquent, urgent, funny, irreverent, unapologetic, and life-affirming. Older sailors are better sailors, he insists, and supports the claim with a dozen inspiring portraits of modern-day ancient mariners interspersed throughout the book.

Reese Palley is an orator, haranguer, and cheerleader bent on enriching your life, but he is also a first-class coach. With the hard-won wisdom and practical knowledge of one who has been there (and still is there), he addresses your concerns about the physical demands of sailing, safety issues, sailing long distances with a medical condition, preparing for emergencies, and much more. Call of the Ancient Mariner delivers the encouragement and know-how you need to keep your sea legs under you and enjoy smooth sailing for years to come.

Contents:

Introduction: Why Don't You Just Tear Out My Heart? 1

We Ain't Dead Yet 6

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: David Clark

We Ain't Dead Yet

In Praise of Irresponsibility

A Debt to Coasting

Pacing

The Feel of Childhood

Get Thee in Harm's Way

Where and with Whom 27

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Humphrey Barton and Mary Barton

Sailing Goals

Crew for an Old Skipper

A Bestiary for Old Sailors

The Old New Breed

Outfitting the Ancient Mariner 47

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Ted Brewer

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Fred Schwall

What to Sail

Outfitting

Anti-Furling

Anti-Stays

Anti-Through-Hulls

Anti-Unsnippable

Safety Lines

Backup Starter

Electronic Communications

Ancient Communications

Computer Hell

Breaks for Bad Backs

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Marv Creamer

No One to Speak for the Stars

Reductio NON Absurdum (or Less Is More)

Health and Welfare 93

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Ed Kane

Limits and Reserves

Move or Die

Did You Ever See a Fat Sailor?

The Most Dangerous Orifice: What Thou Shalt and Shalt Not Eat

Limber Up

Abs of Steel

A Whack on My Old Back

Toes and Feet

Made in the Shade

Pain and Comfort

A Killing Experience

Remembering

The Ultimate Antidepressant

Pumping Blood

Idle Thoughts 133

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Bill Pinkney

Rummaging Life

Passing Time

Naked We Came

Wheedle, Haggle, and Mooch

Beat the System

The Let Syndrome

The Sailing Mariness 165

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Elizabeth Pearce

Marilyn on Communicating with Your Mate

Marilyn on Sailing with Reese

Men Focus, Women Scan

Cautionary Tales 179

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Don Weiner

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Tristan Jones

Errors and Commandments

The Old Doctor from Dubuque, a Morality Tale

Prepare and Protect

So-Low Sailing

And in Defense of Foolishness

Against the Wind

Storm Management

Entrance

Personal Observations 228

Portrait of an Ancient Mariner: Don Cohan

Old Sailors Get It Right

An Old Sailor's Luck

Now Hear This

This Old Man and the Moon

To Hell in a Handbasket

My Debt to Unlikely.

ISBN:

0071388818

9780071388818

OCLC:

52514306

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