Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper: Lyons Press Maritime ClassicsRowman & Littlefield, 1 de out. de 2018 - 224 páginas Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. In Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them. |
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... couple of months, we had reached west and north from the Bay Islands of Honduras, following an ancient trade route and racing the sun to the horizon each night. Our ambitious project had taken us up jungle-lined rivers and through ...
... of any poisonous snake," he said clinically, adding, "and it has a bad attitude. It has been known to chase people when disturbed." We spent a couple of hours combing the coastline, examining A SHALLOW-WATER APPOINTMENT 21.
Lyons Press Maritime Classics John Kretschmer. We spent a couple of hours combing the coastline, examining rocks and shells, swatting at the aptly named no-see-urns and, for me at least, trying not to think about, and more importantly ...
... couple of boatlengths across. I swallowed hard, winked at Lesa, and began our approach. White water was crashing on both sides of the reef making it nearly impossible to spot the opening. I sheeted the mainsail flat and put the engine ...
... couple hundred yards off the beach, it took us an hour to reach her. Have you ever tried paddling a Boston Whaler skiffinto a 30-knot breeze with clumsy and heavy mahogany paddles designed specifically for a sixth-century cayuco? It's ...
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CHAPTER 3 Famous | 51 |
CHAPTER 4 Yacht Delivery 101 | 65 |
CHAPTER 5 A Waterfront Office | 89 |
CHAPTER 6 Red Sky by Morn | 108 |
CHAPTER 7 She Drives Me Crazy | 132 |
CHAPTER 8 Just Another Crossing | 153 |
CHAPTER 9 Force Unlucky | 172 |
CHAPTER 10 A Home Delivery | 195 |
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Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer Visualização parcial - 2003 |
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