Flirting with MermaidsSheridan House, Inc., 2003 - 224 páginas In twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, Kretschmer has had innumberable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. In this first paperback edition of the wildly successful Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them, from a Western Caribbean research voyage with a crew of eccentric Swedes to a North Atlantic crossing during which he discovers the existence of Force 13 winds. |
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... islands and fountains of youth . I connive to keep my customer's dreams intact , even if I have to lie like a politi- cian when I turn the boat over at the end of a voyage . Dreams are private and fragile creations . We make them , live ...
... islands and fountains of youth . I connive to keep my customer's dreams intact , even if I have to lie like a politi- cian when I turn the boat over at the end of a voyage . Dreams are private and fragile creations . We make them , live ...
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... islands for the up- coming summer when my father's illness began to overtake him like a flood tide in the Bay of Fundy . He had cancer in his lungs and in his bones . Dad , however , re- fused to submit to the deified preachings of his ...
... islands for the up- coming summer when my father's illness began to overtake him like a flood tide in the Bay of Fundy . He had cancer in his lungs and in his bones . Dad , however , re- fused to submit to the deified preachings of his ...
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A ShallowWater Appointment | 11 |
A Show of Presence | 33 |
Famous | 51 |
Yacht Delivery 101 | 65 |
A Waterfront Office | 89 |
Red Sky by Morn | 108 |
She Drives Me Crazy | 132 |
Just Another Crossing | 153 |
Force Unlucky | 172 |
A Home Delivery | 195 |
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Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery ... John Kretschmer Visualização parcial - 2018 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer Visualização parcial - 2003 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer Prévia não disponível - 2018 |
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