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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... things fall apart on all sides , while he dodges gunfire on the Arabian Sea , jumps into mid- ocean to wrap garbage bags around a leaking stern tube , mediates nasty crew problems , all while the weather gods are beating him to a pulp ...
... things fall apart on all sides , while he dodges gunfire on the Arabian Sea , jumps into mid- ocean to wrap garbage bags around a leaking stern tube , mediates nasty crew problems , all while the weather gods are beating him to a pulp ...
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... things in life , like offshore sail- ing and telling stories and bad jokes in seaside cantinas afterwards , are passing them by . My shipmates over the years , especially the owners , form an eclectic group : Americans sporting cowboy ...
... things in life , like offshore sail- ing and telling stories and bad jokes in seaside cantinas afterwards , are passing them by . My shipmates over the years , especially the owners , form an eclectic group : Americans sporting cowboy ...
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... things , I can let others make their own discoveries . Delivering sailboats is probably the most over- rated ... thing you own in life : your time . You may not want your sons and daughters to read any further . They say rebels ...
... things , I can let others make their own discoveries . Delivering sailboats is probably the most over- rated ... thing you own in life : your time . You may not want your sons and daughters to read any further . They say rebels ...
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... things in a variety of boats , from 100 - ton schooners , to shabby production boats , to ULDB sleds . Like a fearless captain lemming , I have led hundreds of people over the cliff , introducing them to the wonders and horrors of off ...
... things in a variety of boats , from 100 - ton schooners , to shabby production boats , to ULDB sleds . Like a fearless captain lemming , I have led hundreds of people over the cliff , introducing them to the wonders and horrors of off ...
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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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