title: Megayacht : True Stories of Adventure, Drama and Tragedy at Sea
author: Doug Hoogs
description: "Megayacht: True Stories of Adventure, Drama and Tragedy at Sea" by Buddy Haack and Doug Hoogs, is an incredible ensemble of true stories of the crew and the captains of vessels at sea. This is a collection of ten short true tales, odd and infrequent cases where sometimes yachting dreams become nightmares, and others where a good plan comes together beautifully.
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  # The Young Trawler
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### R.M. Ballantyne
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCES DEEP-SEA FISHERMEN AND
  
  
  THEIR FAMILIES.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER TWO. A CONTRAST TO CHAPTER I.](yotra_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER THREE. INTRODUCES CONSTERNATION TO A
  
  
  DELICATE HOUSEHOLD.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER FOUR. BILLY BRIGHT THE FISHER-BOY VISITS
  
  
  LONDON—HAS A FIGHT—ENLARGES HIS MIND, AND UNDERTAKES BUSINESS.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER FIVE. HOW BILLY CONDUCTS THE BUSINESS—HOW
  
  
  CAPTAIN BREAM OVERCOMES THE SISTERS, AND HOW JESSIE SEAWARD SEES
  
  
  MYSTERY IN EVERYTHING.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER SIX. THE CURSE OF THE NORTH SEA; AND THE
  
  
  TRAWLS AT WORK.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER SEVEN. A HAUL AND ITS
  
  
  CONSEQUENCES—MYSTERIOUS NEWS FROM THE LAND.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER EIGHT. DANGERS, DIFFICULTIES, AND
  
  
  EXCITEMENTS OF THE TRAFFIC; LOADING THE STEAMER.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER NINE. ANOTHER DRAG-NET HAULED—THE MISSION
  
  
  SMACK.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER TEN. A STRONG CONTR