AN 18TH CENTURY FUN ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS

AND IN THE BEDS OF THOSE PARTICIPATING

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     It is not everyday, even in days of old, that a ship developed a personality.  It was not common, but it did happen now and then. The frigate Feenicks was not a normal ship even for a vessel with a personality.  She had been built from a variety of leftover parts, and it appears that each one had a personality of its own.  In the year 1660, the Navy Board was created in England, which set the stage for the events that lead a number of colorful people to join with an eccentric English frigate and go to a new America in 1781.  The beginnings of the story lay with Allard Prenter, eccentric shipbuilder, who was asked to produce a valiant vessel designed for subterfuge and special missions for the Crown.  He did, and Feenicks was born.

     In time, Prenter passed away, but his ship did not, and as part of the Crown's assortment of clandestine ships, continued on her eccentric ways under the personal guidance of the Admiral who fell in love with a widow , Margaret, who ran a house of comfort for Royal Navy as well as other navies in a place referred to as Quickly Bay.  The title says it all.  When a wayward British captain, attempts to right the wrongs done to his most-cooperative wife by a nobleman named Sweet, the resulting activities on the part of the British Captain led to a merry chase that cause Margaret's most-accommodating home to burn to the ground.  At this point, the Feenicks found a new way to sail, and that was as a floating house of ill-repute that eventually became a sailing, venturing ship of ill-repute.  After a short meeting on the high seas with America's Captain John Paul Jones, the wayward ship made its way to Philadelphia, but not before a number of "happenings" happened to the ship and her more-than-interesting crew.  Join the crew and see what happens.  It is a fun, but moving story of intrigue, love, relationships and history.

     The cover art included a stand-alone piece of art of the ship itself by the author.

 

    

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