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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... " E. M. FORSTER , The Story of the Siren " He had but little learning , except what he had picked up from the sun and sea . " HERMAN MELVILLE , Moby Dick aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Contents Foreword xi Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 A Shallow.
... " E. M. FORSTER , The Story of the Siren " He had but little learning , except what he had picked up from the sun and sea . " HERMAN MELVILLE , Moby Dick aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Contents Foreword xi Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 A Shallow.
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... stories , you will brush with them , breathe the ocean world that John Kretschmer lives in , and giggle at its fanciful nature . Micca Leffingwell Hutchins SAILING Magazine August 1998 Flirting with Mermaids aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa ...
... stories , you will brush with them , breathe the ocean world that John Kretschmer lives in , and giggle at its fanciful nature . Micca Leffingwell Hutchins SAILING Magazine August 1998 Flirting with Mermaids aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa ...
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... 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 boots with Top - Sider soles , spurred on by quixotic ...
... 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 boots with Top - Sider soles , spurred on by quixotic ...
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... stories had a par value , I'd be rubbing shoulders with Bill Gates . Fortunately , I have reached a nice place in the evolutionary scale of skippers ; I don't have to impress everybody I meet with my treasure trove of sailing knowledge ...
... stories had a par value , I'd be rubbing shoulders with Bill Gates . Fortunately , I have reached a nice place in the evolutionary scale of skippers ; I don't have to impress everybody I meet with my treasure trove of sailing knowledge ...
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... story about one person or one family going to sea in a boat and telling with the ballast of straight dope how you can do it too . This is a book about many different boats , in many dif- ferent conditions , crewed by many different ...
... story about one person or one family going to sea in a boat and telling with the ballast of straight dope how you can do it too . This is a book about many different boats , in many dif- ferent conditions , crewed by many different ...
Contenido
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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery ... John Kretschmer Vista previa limitada - 2018 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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