Practical seamanship
and boatbuilding
THE
LONE RANGER STORY
From Salvage Tug to Superyacht
JOHN JULIAN
Lone Ranger worked as a salvage tug (then named Simson) and towed some of the largest oil installations ever built during twenty of the most challenging years in the history of the business. During the mid-1990s she embarked on a second career and has become the world's pre-eminent exploration yacht. As befits her name she goes to the cold extremes of latitude where few other ships are found, but is also seen in the warm seas of the Caribbean and Mediterranean.Here, her proud and purposeful lines stand out among pleasure craft that have never battled through a storm to take a distressed ship in tow or stood by bulk carrier threatened with destruction on a lee shore. She begins her fourth decade as supremely seaworthy as ever with more long voyages in prospect, thanks to the vision and commitment of her owner and crew.
John Julian grew up in Hampshire UK His early career was with Lloyds of London. He has sailed racing and cruising yachts in Europe and overseas for 25 years. He first became involved with super yachts as a broker in 1994. His first book Super Yachts was published in 2000.
235 x 305 mm | 160 pp illus.| ISBN
0 9550243 0 7 | £19.95 pbk
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