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...LIGHTSHIP-Archie Binns-Reynal & Hitchcock ($2.50). Anchored off a reef on the Pacific Coast, Lightship No. 167 is called by neighboring Indians "the ship that goes nowhere." But within its battered hull an assorted crew of nine finds plenty of action before the story is over. In dull spells they indulge in philosophical speculation, with religion a favorite topic. When, however, a hurricane comes up, tearing No. 167 loose from her moorings, casting her adrift amid mountainous seas, there is no time for talk. Whether she makes port or not is not told. It is sufficient that the tale ends...
...life aboard the lightship is not Author Binns's chief concern. The more poignant portions of his book record the stormy lives of the nine men prior to their seeking sanctuary on No. 167. Samples...
...shape; Virginia and Grace helped them. The four planned to sail away together until money ran short. Hal skipped out promising to return. Clark married Virginia. Years passed. After his wife died Clark took to the sea, but it was too late for roving. He preferred the lightship where time stands still...
...Sakonnet Point, where rocky capes bracket a two-mile beach, off Brenton's Reef Lightship and the Narragansett shore where curious eddies twist in the shallow surf, there began last week the solemn business of picking a yacht to defend the America's Cup next September. After a week of trials, to be followed by another series in July, a third in August, the New York Yacht Club's selection committee had seen this year's three contenders under sail six times...
...syndicate and skippered by one-time Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, came out for the first time and lost to Vanitie while Rainbow was again beating Weetamoe. For the third race, there was a light breeze. Over 30 miles, windward and leeward from Brenton's Reef Lightship to a buoy off Block Island and back, Rainbow won for the third time in a row while Yankee, considered a slow boat in calm weather, surprised the committee by running away from Weetamoe...