BOOK REVIEW | Working Boats – Safety, Salvage, and Rescue: An Inside Look at Eight Adventurous Watercraft

The detailed cutaway images of these vessels are interspersed with more detailed working illustrations of tools and challenges of the trade, such as the Orville Hook for retrieving drifting barges, life rafts and survival suits, prevention of flooding, and hardhat diving.

Causes of the tumultuous seas that can occur at the mouth of the Columbia River are illustrated. A US Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter, again in cutaway, is explained.

These are some of the highlights of the entertaining and info-packed book that will do much to add to Tom Crestodina’s well-earned praise for his unique artistic renderings and technical detail. Young and old mariners and dreamers will love this one. Salvage technology has come a long way in the generation since Foundation Franklin, but the sea continues to threaten.

Author: Tom Crestodina

Available from Sasquatch Books, Seattle, Washington, USA

Web: sasquatchbooks.com