There may be no other sailing ship in North America that has touched the lives of so many people during 80-plus years of existence as HMCS Oriole. The design of famed MIT marine architect George Owen, the pride of original owner George Gooderham, commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the steadfast training ship of the Royal Canadian Navy for more than five decades, and ultimately "the people's boat" in her home harbours of Esquimalt and Victoria, BC, HMCS Oriole continues to add to her legacy with every new nautical adventure.
Her fascinating history is captured by author and avid mariner Shirley Hewett in a narrative based on extensive interviews with Oriole's past captains and crew. Hewett listened to their stories, shared their insights and sailed the New Zealand leg of a South Pacific good-will voyage in 1998 aboard the Oriole as part of an international crew. "She is a ship that manufactures dreams," Hewett said. "Mine became to tell her many stories."
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 359.3/22/0971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 1894384202 9781459330580
- LCCN
- VA400.5.O74
- LCCN Item number
- H39 2002eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- DLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (174 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00604342 (OCoLC)456139396 (CaOOCEL)419847
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- DLC
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 6
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
- FOREWORD 10
- FRATERNAL AND INVINCIBLE 14
- Beauty and Tradition 14
- A Star is Born 18
- Training Adventures 25
- IN THE BEGINNING 32
- Toujours en Avant 32
- The Forgotten Great Designer 44
- IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 58
- Called for Icing 58
- The Nova Scotia Navy 65
- From Sea to Sea 69
- HMCS VENTURE YEARS 76
- To Dare and Be Not Afraid 76
- An Auspicious Beginning 81
- Old Sailors Never Die 86
- LIFTS AND HEADERS 94
- Sea Fever 94
- Bottom of the Food Chain 101
- Odin Tames the Grommets 114
- Greybeards 120
- GLORY YEARS 126
- Barometer Rising 126
- Operation OSQAR 84 129
- Fair Winds 137
- Bo Derek's Beach 143
- SOUTH PACIFIC 146
- Canada's Floating Ambassador 146
- Southerly Busters 151
- The Kiwi Connection 155
- Friendship Through Sport 162
- EPILOGUE 164
- GLOSSARY 166
- A 166
- B 166
- C 166
- F 166
- G 166
- H 166
- J 166
- K 166
- L 166
- M 166
- N 166
- R 167
- S 167
- T 167
- W 167
- Y 167
- PHOTO CREDITS 168
- REFERENCES 170
- INDEX 172
- A 172
- B 172
- C 172
- D 172
- E 172
- F 172
- G 172
- H 173
- I 173
- J 173
- K 173
- L 173
- M 173
- N 173
- O 173
- P 173
- Q 174
- R 174
- S 174
- T 174
- U 174
- V 174
- W 174
- Y 174
