All hands on deck

 Next up in the audio book queue:  All Hands on Deck, by Will Sofrin.  Fans of sailing and history, like myself, enjoyed the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The 2003 movie was based on the Napoleonic War era novel series by author Patrick O'Brian (and not the famed marine artist Patrick O'BriEn).  The movie is renowned for its historical authenticity and was filmed on a faithful replica of an 18th century wooden frigate.  But before the movie could be shot, director Peter Weir arranged for the square-rigged wooden vessel, then known as the Rose, to be sailed from Newport, Rhode Island to the west coast of the US.  The voyage through two oceans and the Panama Canal is the topic of this book.  It is a real-life adventure, with the improvised crew battling adversity the whole way.  It won't be too much of a spoiler to say they finally arrived at their destination, the ship was renamed HMS Surprise, the film was made, and it was an enormous success.  What happened along the way is what I will learn as I progress though the book.