A Young Man Sent to Sea - Deorchis, Vince
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Going to the sea as a sailor at age eighteen is not the dream of most college-aged boys, especially those with some privileges in life. Yet for one young man who navigated this path at the insistence of his father, the unlikely experience turned into a wildly unforgettable adventure. Sent off to sea on the M.S. Grundsunda, an aging vessel with a foreign crew, Long Island teenager Vincent DeOrchis found himself thrown into the excitement of a maritime enterprises involving a motley mix of jobs, sometimes dangerous, sometimes funny - with a side excursion of of jumping ship in Spain during the…mehr

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Going to the sea as a sailor at age eighteen is not the dream of most college-aged boys, especially those with some privileges in life. Yet for one young man who navigated this path at the insistence of his father, the unlikely experience turned into a wildly unforgettable adventure. Sent off to sea on the M.S. Grundsunda, an aging vessel with a foreign crew, Long Island teenager Vincent DeOrchis found himself thrown into the excitement of a maritime enterprises involving a motley mix of jobs, sometimes dangerous, sometimes funny - with a side excursion of of jumping ship in Spain during the late 60's, only to find himself confronted by life under the Franco regime. A buoyant mix of emotions, memories, fears, and humor, this experienced sailor's coming-of-age story compress tons of life lessons into a concise tale of his transformational, three-month voyage in 1968. From the heart of a man who is now a father, grandfather, and successful attorney, DeOrchis's compelling memoir proves that the defining events of our youth can serve as a powerful rudder as we set sail toward our destiny.
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The author has been a practicing maritime lawyer in New York City for nearly 45 years. Before going to law school, he spent several months at sea as a deckhand on a freighter that traveled between Spain and the East Coast of the US. In the course of handling many marine casualty cases, he has traveled around the world performing investigations andworking with organizations like the Comite Maritime International, the Maritime Law Association of the US, and the UNCITRAL workshop involved in the development of a new international convention for the carriage of cargo at sea. The author is also one of the founders of the International Maritime Law Seminar, which takes place each year in London and Singapore.The author lives in New York City and Centerport, Long Island with his wife. He is an avid sailor, proficient at art glass and an admitted amateur painter. His son and daughter live in the New York area, giving him time to play with his two granddaughters.