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Gus, down on the farm

After forty years as a sailor, Gus retires to become a farmer,

mentor and teacher

 

 farmhouse

and finds an old farmhouse with a big white barn

 

                                               Gus, Dick and Boy

Gus hires on his crew, here, Dick and Boy ready to do some heavy hauling

 

 Gus and Lymey

Lymey the goat, First Mate

 

 Bos'n duck overseeing the deck

Bos'n duck at his usual place on the 'poop' deck

 

 Bring on the chow, Jack

    Porky pig

 

 kerosene lamp

then every evening by the light of his old kerosene lamp

 

out came Gus's little blue British Board of Trade sailing book and more adventures

 

  Gus under the old ash tree

'Gus', Ture Alfvegren

Gus, of his Royal Majesty's Merchant Marine

 

An exciting story of a man and the personal challenges he faced

as an all ocean going sailor and later as a farmer again struggling to

survive against the forces of nature by

using the practical skills and experiences  handed down

by generations of  'men of iron'  who

sailed on 'ships of wood'

 

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