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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... waves that John Kretschmer has ridden , where no one - but the mermaids - hears your whimpers , hears you cry . " There are few professions ... none that requires you to extract this from yourself every minute of the day like yacht de ...
... waves that John Kretschmer has ridden , where no one - but the mermaids - hears your whimpers , hears you cry . " There are few professions ... none that requires you to extract this from yourself every minute of the day like yacht de ...
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... waves later , I know that Dad's death hastened me along my watery way . It took a few years . I grazed in college , toying with the uncomfortable notion of preparing for a real job . I made a few feeble attempts to sustain my collegiate ...
... waves later , I know that Dad's death hastened me along my watery way . It took a few years . I grazed in college , toying with the uncomfortable notion of preparing for a real job . I made a few feeble attempts to sustain my collegiate ...
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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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