KLC Lewis wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Tristan Jones was a liar and a pirate. He could wirte a good tale but if
you believed that bilge then you're as lame as he was.


Could you expand upon that a bit?


Tristan Jones
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Tristan Jones (May 8, 1924? - June 21, 1995) was an author and mariner
who wrote numerous books and articles, many in the first person, about
sailing. Since his stories tended to be a combination of both fact and
fiction in the tradition of Welsh story tellers, many of the details of
his early life are unknown.
Trivia

Mr. Jones was named, he claimed , for the island of Tristan da Cunha
because his parents were sailing near it when his mother entered labor.
The reality is that he was born Arthur Jones in Liverpool, the
illegitimate son of a Lancashire mill girl.

If you read any discussion boards regarding him, you will find that he
was a good spinner of yarn...I had an earthy uncle who loved the
backwoods of Northern Ontario, ate possum stew out of a big old
cauldron, and told whopper tales, too, that he purported to be true.
Fascinating minds, yes, but the truth? No way. There has also been much
discussion about his sexual proclivities. Now that he's dead, you find
mostly those who want to immortalize him and make him larger than life.
I personally do not think he is worthy of hero-worship although his
books are great reads...as long as you remember that they are fiction
based on a little bit of fact. Yes, the man could sail. So what? So can
many here...so honor him as an author, a good teller of tales, but don't
honor him because he performed great fetes of sailing magic..he didn't...