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is a great biography for people who love sailing, but probably not for those who are not interested in the sea.
This is about the man who owned Mariette and other classic schooners, and actually used them commercially, I'd give itas a sailor, but onlyfor general readers, Probably astar read for most, but definitelyfor a sailor, The book is well written and really gets to the heart of the appeal of sailing the wonder and thrill as well as the peril.
The book has great descriptions of areas I have sailed Bahamas, Virgin Islands and others but while I have sailed a storm or two, happy to report that I have not experienced piracy or hurricanes at sea.
The only thing that might have improved the book would have been a map to help sort out the island locations and a diagram of the schooners with labels for the names of the sails, halyards, sheets, etc.
Most of my sailing has been on sloopsfeet and smaller with only two sails so sorting out the parts on a much more complicated schooner can be complex.
With a business background I found the details related to charter and hotel operations also to be of interest, Pretty enjoyable book! From surviving torpedos in WWII to pioneering the Caribbean charter trade, this autobiography plots an exciting voyage across four decades of Boudreau's passion for sailing and schooners.
This account describes his adventures under sail, from a confrontation with afoot rogue wave and a fight with drug pirates in the Bahamas to an eerie encounter with a tiger shark and the onslaught of a vicious hurricane.
Captain Lou Boudreau was born in Canada, and first went to sea when he was six months old aboard the famousfoot schooner “Yankee”.
His father owned and sailed the schooner in the beautiful Bras DOr Lakes of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, When Lou was about one year old, he took his first ocean voyage aboard the schooner “Doubloon” with his mother and father.
This momentous first sail aboard this large schooner would take Lou away from Canada and onto a life of adventure in the warmer islands of the Caribbean.
Growing up aboard his fathers schooners and on the island of St, Lucia, Lou spent a magical childhood exploring every nook and cranny of these large yachts, and under the guidance of his father, learned the ropes of life at sea.
Spen Captain Lou Boudreau was born in Canada, and first went to sea when he was six months old aboard the famousfoot schooner “Yankee”.
His father owned and sailed the schooner in the beautiful Bras DOr Lakes of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, When Lou was about one year old, he took his first ocean voyage aboard the schooner “Doubloon” with his mother and father.
This momentous first sail aboard this large schooner would take Lou away from Canada and onto a life of adventure in the warmer islands of the Caribbean.
Growing up aboard his fathers schooners and on the island of St, Lucia, Lou spent a magical childhood exploring every nook and cranny of these large yachts, and under the guidance of his father, learned the ropes of life at sea.
Spending most of his early life in Marigot Bay, St, Lucia, Lou became fluent in Patois, the local language of St, Lucia. He would spend time free diving and spear fishing in the crystal clear waters of the islands and would inevitably bring back lots of lobster, conch and other delicious seafood for the charter guests onboard the familys yachts.
As a young adult, Lou began sailing as a crew member with his father and, after sitting for his Masters papers, he went on to skipper thefoot ketch “Atlanta”, and thefoot Hereshoff schooner “Mariette”.
Over the years, Captain Lou Boudreau has been fortunate to have skippered some of the finest yachts in the world.
After swallowing the anchor in, Lou returned to Canada and began writing, His first book, “The Man

Who Loved Schooners”, was published by Nimbus Publishing in, A fictional novel, “Fandangos Gold”, followed inand “Where the Trade Winds Blow”, published in, chronicles his own life growing up in the Caribbean.
Several of his stories were also published in the anthology “We Belong to the Sea”, sitelink.