All Hands On Deck: A Modernday High Seas Adventure To The Far Side Of The World,Used

A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired by Hollywood to sail an 18thcentury warship 5,000 miles for the making of a beloved blockbuster film,An unbelievable ride . . . Will Sofrin has lived the real experiences and survived to tell the tale.Dan Shotz, Emmy Awardwinning producer of Black SailsIn the late 1990s, Patrick OBrians multimillioncopyselling historical novel seriesthe AubreyMaturin series, which was set during the Napoleonic Warsseemed destined for film. With Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin, the production only needed a ship that could stand in for Lucky Jacks HMS Surprise, with historical accuracy paramount. The filmmakers found the Rose, a replica of an 18thcentury ship that would work perfectly. Only there was one problem: the Rose was in Newport, Rhode Island, not in Southern California, where they would be filming. Enter a ragtag crew of thirty oddballs who stepped up for the task, including Will Sofrin, at the time a 21yearold wooden boat builder and yacht racer, who joined as the ships carpenter.All Hands on Deck is Sofrins memoir of the epic adventure delivering the Rose to Hollywood. Its a story of reinvention, of hard work on the high seas, of love, and of survival. The Rose was an example of the most cuttingedge technology of her era, but in the 21st century, barely anyone had experience sailing it. The crew effectively went back in time, brought to life the old ways of a forgotten world, and barely lived to tell the tale. Just a few days in, a terrifying hurricanestrength storm nearly sank the Rose, and later, a rogue wave caused a nearly fatal dismasting. And the ups and downs werent limited to the waveswith the crew split into factions, making peace between warring camps became necessary, too, as did avoiding pirates and braving the temptations of shore leave. All Hands on Deck is a gripping story of an unforgettable journey and a mustread for fans who adore OBrians novels and the dramatic film adaptation of the Academy Awardnominated Master and Commander.