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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... captain and more as a person of amazing inner strength . What I will always wonder about is how John Kretschmer has been able to keep his sense of humor . As things fall apart on all sides , while he dodges gunfire on the Arabian Sea ...
... captain and more as a person of amazing inner strength . What I will always wonder about is how John Kretschmer has been able to keep his sense of humor . As things fall apart on all sides , while he dodges gunfire on the Arabian Sea ...
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... captain can be overlooked as he , somehow , beyond all misfortune , gets the boat to its destination . If that means sailing the North Atlantic in January in a constant procession of gales , then so be it . But it takes more than ...
... captain can be overlooked as he , somehow , beyond all misfortune , gets the boat to its destination . If that means sailing the North Atlantic in January in a constant procession of gales , then so be it . But it takes more than ...
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... sleds . Like a fearless captain lemming , I have led hundreds of people over the cliff , introducing them to the wonders and horrors of off- shore sailing . I don't have 10 - point checklists 8 FLIRTING WITH MERMAIDS.
... sleds . Like a fearless captain lemming , I have led hundreds of people over the cliff , introducing them to the wonders and horrors of off- shore sailing . I don't have 10 - point checklists 8 FLIRTING WITH MERMAIDS.
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Índice
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 tudo
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery ... John Kretschmer Pré-visualização limitada - 2018 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer Pré-visualização limitada - 2003 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer Pré-visualização indisponível - 2018 |
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