Download or read book Learning the Ropes written by Eric Newby and published by Crown. This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With wit and nostalgia--and through radiant photographs that evoke a vanished maritime world--a master storyteller looks back on a youthful adventure that taught him the ways of the sea and ships. 160 photos.