Re: What Book are you reading now?

_The Privateer_, by (Walter) Jon Williams.  It's a novel about the age 
of fighting sail, but the setting is the American Revolution, not the 
more common Napoleonic Wars.  The sailing scenes use precise detail 
and what seems to be authentic terminology; to a non-sailer like 
myself they're largely impenetrable, except at a very high level ("He 
puled on some ropes to make the ****p turn.")  It moves well, and the 
characters are interestingly described.  Still, recommended only to 
sailing enthusiasts and WJW completists.