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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... trying to catch up with life , " as John describes some of the passengers and crews who sign aboard his deliveries . It's impossible to know what the sea will throw at you , but it's wonderful to live in its world , pulling from it a ...
... trying to catch up with life , " as John describes some of the passengers and crews who sign aboard his deliveries . It's impossible to know what the sea will throw at you , but it's wonderful to live in its world , pulling from it a ...
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... tried to send me to a blue grave — but I don't . I accept them as part of the skipper's pact with Neptune . The ocean was never meant to be a place where you could cry for help . Besides , if I only delivered good boats , I wouldn't ...
... tried to send me to a blue grave — but I don't . I accept them as part of the skipper's pact with Neptune . The ocean was never meant to be a place where you could cry for help . Besides , if I only delivered good boats , I wouldn't ...
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... tried to com- municate with God . After a few busy signals , I got through . I didn't waste time with small talk or prayers . I offered him a solemn deal , a fair deal . I would start to believe , big time . In fact , I would even try ...
... tried to com- municate with God . After a few busy signals , I got through . I didn't waste time with small talk or prayers . I offered him a solemn deal , a fair deal . I would start to believe , big time . In fact , I would even try ...
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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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