Shanty Stories

The English Channel – Autumn, 1990 White capped waves continue beating against the forty-foot Gimbal Rose, her white sails straining against constant forty-knot winds. Although sturdy herself, Gaelle Beauchene’s strain begins to show. With her hair in a messy ponytail, she squints into a gray sheet of rain that has emerged from the north. The sky darkens faster than it should at this time in the afternoon. Heavy gusts pus...