Salvage A Personal Odyssey

This is a vivid account of those ten tough years, including successes, failures, tows and rescues ? a barge adrift in a hurricane in the English Channel ? a freighter aground on a reef hundreds of miles from land with a tropical storm approaching ? a trawler battered by the surf on a coral reef, its bottom ripped out ? a tanker hit by a missile during the Gulf War of the 1980s. In addition to the casualties, the tugs themselves play a major role in the story, as do the crews and captains with whom the author worked. This book is a tribute to the seamanship, courage and resourcefulness of those men. It is a gripping account of drama at sea, and also an exploration of the technical, commercial and human issues behind the headlinesTew, Ian is the author of 'Salvage A Personal Odyssey', published 2007 under ISBN 9781574092561 and ISBN 1574092561.