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In July 1775, Having spent more than a dozen Whiskey Gulf, by Clyde Ford, is
George Washington years conducting boat inspections, about a sailboat that fails to arrive at
had inherited not delivery captain, Ed Mapes, saw just how its next port of call after crossing into a
only an army of unsafe and ill prepared some boats were “live-fire” naval exercise area just north
woefully untrained for sailing offshore. This led Mapes to of the border known as “Whiskey Gulf.”
and ill-equipped develop his own system for inspecting, Charlie Noble is asked to investigate
soldiers, but a repairing and fitting why the sailboat went missing, and what
daunting military out boats, which led happened to the couple aboard. But Noble
prospect as well. to Ready to Sail, a runs into a wall of secrecy erected by the
Washington knew guide to getting a American and Canadian governments,
that the king's troops boat and its crew and into troubling questions about the
had all the arms and gunpowder they ready for offshore real identity of the couple involved.
could want, whereas his own army p a s s a g e m a k i n g . Ultimately, he and his partner,
lacked enough powder for even one hour Detailed without Raven, set sail on the Noble Lady in
of major combat. Despite his complete overly relying on a case that leads them up the Inside
lack of naval experience, Washington t e c h n i c a l Passage to the remote coast
recognized that harassing British j a r g o n , of British Columbia. There,
merchant ships was his only means Ready to Sail provides a they discover a hidden cove,
of carrying the fight to the enemy and comprehensive but easy-to- which harbors answers about
sustaining an otherwise unsustainable follow road map to anyone who what really happened in
stalemate. needs to inspect and fit out a Whiskey Gulf. But first they
In George Washington's Secret boat for bluewater sailing. This must survive a vicious attack
Navy, author James L. Nelson tells new edition has been thoroughly in order to return with the
the fascinating tale of how America's revised and updated. truth.
first commander-in-chief launched Ready to Sail by Ed Mapes, Whiskey Gulf, b y
America's first navy. Published by published by Sheridan House, Clyde Ford, published
McGraw Hill, www.mcgraw-hill.com, www.sheridanhouse.com, b y Va n g u a r d P r e s s ,
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