High Seas, High Risk: The Story of the Sudburys

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Well written story about salvage operations by this family. Makes me wish I could have been a part of their operation.

Book arrived in excellent condition. I have read it before and wanted a copy for my library.

This book tells the story of the Island Tug & Barge Co's two big salvage tugs, both named "Sudbury". Island Tug & Barge is now history. Its greatest years were the fifties and sixties. The big tugs were initially acquired for the towage of ships to the scrapyards, which was a thriving business in those years. The entered also in deepsea salvage work where both tugs earned their fame. The book tells about the tugs and, of wrecks, of ferocious storms, of tugs riding out typhoon weather the tow still attached. And of the crewmembers of course. The book is a very good read, also to the non-initiated in the business of deep sea salvage. It also has a number of photographs accompanying the text. It is good that this piece of marine history has been published.

A great read l liked it very much and a tribute to this historic record of high seas adventures.

Very interesting to anyone who lives in or around the Victoria/Vancouver area. A real eye-opener as to the power of the ocean and how dangerous this type of work was (and probably still is) and what personal risks people took.

The life on a seagoing tug

Excellent book on the history of the Sudbury's.

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