Sailing, adventure and intrigue in the Exumas!
Old Nick Finneran
finally tells his story of how, as a teenager in post-World War II 1948, he and
his cousin Tony leave the cold Massachusetts
winters behind to begin a life's journey.
Along the way Nick and Tony do a lot of fishing, meet colorful
characters from the pre-tourist days of Miami,
and discover a wrecked sailboat in the mangroves, which they rebuild and sail
to the Bahamas. The teenagers experience the tranquil life in
the Caribbean before the tourist boom, but soon uncover
a plot that could prove to be the opening salvo of the cold war! The boys are incredulous to find themselves
in a life and death struggle for survival.
Staniel Cay (pronounced “key”) is a celebration of youth, adventure, and mischief,
that hasn’t been concocted since Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn sailed the Mississippi.
The vivid descriptions of small boat sailing are reminiscent of Joshua Slocum
and Tristan Jones. The action is
interspersed with an expert’s detailed description of the endless days of
sailing, fishing and “bumming in the islands mon”.
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Seventy-four-year-old Nick Finneran is a champion sailor, fly fisherman and world
adventurer. Nick spent his childhood
sailing on Cape Cod.
He was the quintessential teenage sailing bum, years before it became
fashionable! After high school, he left
the cold Massachusetts winters
behind, and began a life journey of adventure that has spanned six
decades. From Bimini
to Brazil, and
from Nassau to Nairobi,
Nick Finneran has earned the title of
Swashbuckler! Staniel
Cay recounts one of the earlier chapters of Finneran’s
adventure-packed life.