Three Sheets Northwest, a delightful and widely read online sailing magazine, has just published an enthusiastic review of my ebook, Falling. So it’s not just me saying nice things about it. To read the entire review, go Here. Or to go straight to Amazon, click Here.
If you are on a Mac, you can get a copy in iBooks, too.
This little book is beginning to take off, and if you enjoy it, you can help by posting a review on either site.
Thanks,
Brion Toss
Hi,
The days of large crews are in the past for me, but we still work on quite a few rigs, and we still work with some great riggers. I’ll be featuring some more of them in the future, but for now, meet our latest hire, Julia Briggs. She’s been a commercial diver, among other things, but is now more interested in going aloft than alow, and is proving herself to be a remarkably talented rigger. The picture at the top is of her at the bowsprit of a boat we are just finishing up. Its standing rigging is a remarkable 3-strand Vectran, made by Whitehill. Julia did much of the splicing in the rig, as well as installing and tuning it.
We mostly work on more conventional rigs, though. Here is Julia setting up to go aloft for a rig survey:
Of course, rigging is not always about climbing; yacht yoga is a frequent requirement. The other day we had to get at some hardware that was deep, deep in a tiny lazarette. It was a job that required a certain amount of contortion:
Yup, aloft is better. Here is Julia slushing the fully-served gang of Spectra on a lovely Ingrid ketch:
Finally, I will note that we get to meet the neatest people. Here is Julia and, post-mast-stepping, with the extraordinary Deb Greene, geologist, all-around adventurous person, and probably soon an author. Sorry to block the shot, Deb:
More fun people and boats in the future. For now I will leave you with a plug for my little ebook, Falling. To get yours, click Here, or go Amazon, or to ibooks at Apple, and type in the title or my name.
Fair leads,
Brion
Falling, my e-book about life aloft is finally out, so it is time to share some of the kind words that other authors are saying about it. Here are a few:
“All who have met Brion know he has a way with words. This is fully on display in this delightful little book, rich with experience and loaded with fascinating stories. It will entertain, and perhaps educate, anyone who has ever gone aloft.”
Nigel Calder, author of Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook, The Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual, and lots more.
Rigging a boat can, like writing a book or telling a joke or crafting a life as crew, be complicated. Rigger, writer, humorist, and wonder-man Brion Toss, not only dares all four, but does so with romping wit and infinite generosity in his fabulously funny and informative ‘little book’ Falling…”
Kaci Cronkhite, author of Finding PAX
“Brion Toss is a rigging master, a fine writer and a perfectionist. In this book he is also a courageous man, who dares to focus on failures!
Now, as the man who walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers, falling is not in my vocabulary—and yet I must confess: mistakes have been my greatest teachers.
We learn from disasters much more than from victorious achievements.
So read and learn (and be frightened), so that you do not fall prey to inattention and amateurism— so that you do not fall, period.”
Philippe Petit, Man on Wire ,
Author of The Walk, Creativity: the Perfect Crime, To Reach the Clouds, etc.
“In Falling, this engaging and amusing storyteller shares his wisdom from extensive experience climbing and descending from high structures…”
Wendy Hinman, award-winning author of Tightwads on the Loose, and Sea Trials.
Falling is available on Amazon and Apple. Download your copy today.
To read a sample, click HERE, and then click on “Look Inside.”
Hello all,
My new e-book, Falling, is about working aloft. It features true stories about bungy jumping, industrial rigging, parachuting, sailing vessels, and more, and you can pre-order it now on Apple and Amazon.
To get your copy from Amazon, Order Here
To get your copy from Apple, get on your IOS device and seek “Falling,” by Brion Toss, in ibooks.
If you are planning to be at the Wooden Boat Festival this weekend, I will be reading selections from the book, as well as talking about all things rigging.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss