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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... owners on the other side of oceans . And deliveries are about finding your way through life , about being a guru , of sorts , to those " trying to catch up with life , " as John describes some of the passengers and crews who sign aboard ...
... owners on the other side of oceans . And deliveries are about finding your way through life , about being a guru , of sorts , to those " trying to catch up with life , " as John describes some of the passengers and crews who sign aboard ...
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... owners , who , despite the fact that they have a lot of money , fear that the truly important things in life , like offshore sail- ing and telling stories and bad jokes in seaside cantinas afterwards , are passing them by . My shipmates ...
... owners , who , despite the fact that they have a lot of money , fear that the truly important things in life , like offshore sail- ing and telling stories and bad jokes in seaside cantinas afterwards , are passing them by . My shipmates ...
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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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