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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... eye of Hurricane Bob . Even the bad boats eventually find a soft spot in my mind's hard drive . That chubby French schooner had a terrible attitude and the 80 - year - old Scottish pilot ketch did her best to sink out from under me . I ...
... eye of Hurricane Bob . Even the bad boats eventually find a soft spot in my mind's hard drive . That chubby French schooner had a terrible attitude and the 80 - year - old Scottish pilot ketch did her best to sink out from under me . I ...
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... eye on things , I can let others make their own discoveries . Delivering sailboats is probably the most over- rated , underpaid and , at times , exasperating job in the world . Yet , even after 15 years , more than 100 deliveries and ...
... eye on things , I can let others make their own discoveries . Delivering sailboats is probably the most over- rated , underpaid and , at times , exasperating job in the world . Yet , even after 15 years , more than 100 deliveries and ...
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... eye . Dr. Kervorkian's clients aside , dying well as a virtue has gone out of fashion . But dying is life's last challenge . It is easier to die with dignity if you don't have to shoulder that heavy of burden of " If only I had done ...
... eye . Dr. Kervorkian's clients aside , dying well as a virtue has gone out of fashion . But dying is life's last challenge . It is easier to die with dignity if you don't have to shoulder that heavy of burden of " If only I had done ...
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... eyes still shined with life . " Now don't cry , John Rob , " he told me and actually managed a smile . " You are going to be the man around the house . Tom is on his own and Ed will be away at school . I am going to count on you to take ...
... eyes still shined with life . " Now don't cry , John Rob , " he told me and actually managed a smile . " You are going to be the man around the house . Tom is on his own and Ed will be away at school . I am going to count on you to take ...
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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 |
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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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