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It is, though, a real pleasure to read the individual anecdotes. I found myself telling the stories to my husband, showing him pictures of the various vessels and even, at one point, demonstrating how a large ship could be brought into a relatively narrow dock with the aid of a mouse and mouse pad. I left my husband looking at some of the many pictures and came back later to find him engrossed in the stories. It's a couple of days now since I finished the book and I've found myself thinking back over what I've read.
This is a man who is rightly proud of what he has achieved in his life, but it isn't a book of self-praise. After his retirement from the Pilot Service Captain Wells turned to public speaking and has devoted his considerable enthusiasms to that. Have a look at his [http://www.captainwells.co.uk website] and you can see what he's been doing. I'm unlikely to get to one of his talks – many are on cruise ships and being caught in a force nine crossing the Bay of Biscay was more than enough for me, even on the QE2 – and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to read what many lucky people will have the chance to hear.
For further reading you might enjoy [[Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat by Chris Stewart]], or for another story of an eventful life, try [[Road to the Dales: The Story of a Yorkshire Lad by Gervase Phinn]].
