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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... turned back . We are surprised when he is forced to turn the unseaworthy ISOLETTA - as beguilingly beautiful that she was - back east , but not disappointed . It was one of the rare times John Kretschmer was beaten by the mermaids , ...
... turned back . We are surprised when he is forced to turn the unseaworthy ISOLETTA - as beguilingly beautiful that she was - back east , but not disappointed . It was one of the rare times John Kretschmer was beaten by the mermaids , ...
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... turned up in the mail . My mother didn't realize what an impact something as facile as forgetting to return the card marked " please don't send this month's selection , " would have on both of us . Al- though Chichester described his ...
... turned up in the mail . My mother didn't realize what an impact something as facile as forgetting to return the card marked " please don't send this month's selection , " would have on both of us . Al- though Chichester described his ...
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... turned out to be a pretty good boat , simply because it had a pedestal and a wheel . I remember my father saying , " I'll be damned if I am going to spend 20,000 Dollars for a boat and steer it with a little stick . " He didn't like the ...
... turned out to be a pretty good boat , simply because it had a pedestal and a wheel . I remember my father saying , " I'll be damned if I am going to spend 20,000 Dollars for a boat and steer it with a little stick . " He didn't like the ...
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... turned into a desert . Eventually , I put my pride aside and 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 ...
... turned into a desert . Eventually , I put my pride aside and 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 ...
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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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