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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... knew I wasn't cut out for the routine of timely expectations ; I resented the fact that my life was dictated by a clock . I could barely make it through a day of school . Not because I was inordinately stupid , I just couldn't take ...
... knew I wasn't cut out for the routine of timely expectations ; I resented the fact that my life was dictated by a clock . I could barely make it through a day of school . Not because I was inordinately stupid , I just couldn't take ...
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... knew very little about sailboats and settled on the Sabre , which 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 ...
... knew very little about sailboats and settled on the Sabre , which 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 ...
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... knew it was all my fault . I had made my pact with the devil long ago and now God was striking back at me . There is nothing as cold and numbing as a featureless hospital corridor in the cancer ward , death's waiting room , on a ...
... knew it was all my fault . I had made my pact with the devil long ago and now God was striking back at me . There is nothing as cold and numbing as a featureless hospital corridor in the cancer ward , death's waiting room , on a ...
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... knew that going to sea was no longer just a child's dream ; it was my mission and there was no time to lose . It may seem strange , or might be interpreted as stretching a metaphor , to claim that my father's death drove me out to sea ...
... knew that going to sea was no longer just a child's dream ; it was my mission and there was no time to lose . It may seem strange , or might be interpreted as stretching a metaphor , to claim that my father's death drove me out to sea ...
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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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