Wreck of the Mary Deare

She was battered old freighter, alone and lifeless twenty miles off the French coast, her lifeboats all gone, but still a trail of smoke from her funnel -- and her captain the only man on board. From a real life experience when he was nearly run down at night sailing his own boat, Hammond Innes has produced one of the most extraordinary sea stories ever written; and one of the great sea characters -- Captain Patch, a man fighting to preserve his ship not because he loved her, but to save his reputation.Innes, Hammond is the author of 'Wreck of the Mary Deare' with ISBN 9780380014774 and ISBN 0380014777.