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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... living . I sail other peoples ' boats from one edge of an ocean to another and if I turn a deaf ear to the mermaid's song and the boat and I arrive as planned , I get paid , bid the crew farewell and saunter off into the sunset , or at ...
... living . I sail other peoples ' boats from one edge of an ocean to another and if I turn a deaf ear to the mermaid's song and the boat and I arrive as planned , I get paid , bid the crew farewell and saunter off into the sunset , or at ...
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... living doing the things that I love . One of my great accomplishments is that , to this day , I have never held a real job . If there is any advice , any lurking pearl of wisdom , hidden in this book , it's something as simple as how to ...
... living doing the things that I love . One of my great accomplishments is that , to this day , I have never held a real job . If there is any advice , any lurking pearl of wisdom , hidden in this book , it's something as simple as how to ...
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... living to die like a victim . He would die like a man , intact . My father had a hard life . His parents were divorced , which was unusual in the 1930s , and he was raised by his father , an un- compromising Chicago cop . And those were ...
... living to die like a victim . He would die like a man , intact . My father had a hard life . His parents were divorced , which was unusual in the 1930s , and he was raised by his father , an un- compromising Chicago cop . And those were ...
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... living on the ocean . This is not a story about one person or one family going to sea in a boat and telling with the ballast of straight dope how you can do it too . This is a book about many different boats , in many dif- ferent ...
... living on the ocean . This is not a story about one person or one family going to sea in a boat and telling with the ballast of straight dope how you can do it too . This is a book about many different boats , in many dif- ferent ...
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... living a passionate , adventure - filled life on your own terms and accepting all the consequences of such a life . The only way I know how to write such a book is by a telling a few sea stories . aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa CHAPTER 1 A ...
... living a passionate , adventure - filled life on your own terms and accepting all the consequences of such a life . The only way I know how to write such a book is by a telling a few sea stories . aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa CHAPTER 1 A ...
Conteúdo
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 |
Outras edições - Ver todos
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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