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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John Kretschmer. Flirting with Mermaids JOHN KRETSCHMER S SHERIDAN HOUSE First paperback edition published 2003 by Sheridan House Inc. 145. The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper.
John Kretschmer. Flirting with Mermaids JOHN KRETSCHMER S SHERIDAN HOUSE First paperback edition published 2003 by Sheridan House Inc. 145. The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper.
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... sailboat delivery skipper / John Kretschmer . p . cm . ISBN 1-57409-164-6 ( alk . paper ) 1. Kretschmer , John - Journeys . 2. Voyages and travels . 3. Boats and boating . 4. Sailing . 5. Sailors - United States -Biography . 6. Yachting ...
... sailboat delivery skipper / John Kretschmer . p . cm . ISBN 1-57409-164-6 ( alk . paper ) 1. Kretschmer , John - Journeys . 2. Voyages and travels . 3. Boats and boating . 4. Sailing . 5. Sailors - United States -Biography . 6. Yachting ...
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... sailboats as teak planks and sistered oak frames , rusty steel plates , and the toxic chemicals that make up fiberglass mat , woven roving , and vinylester resin . Keeping fantasies afloat is part of a sailboat delivery skipper's job ...
... sailboats as teak planks and sistered oak frames , rusty steel plates , and the toxic chemicals that make up fiberglass mat , woven roving , and vinylester resin . Keeping fantasies afloat is part of a sailboat delivery skipper's job ...
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... sailboats is probably the most over- rated , underpaid and , at times , exasperating job in the world . Yet ... Sailboat delivery skipper was never an option at career day back in school . From the beginning , I knew I wasn't ...
... sailboats is probably the most over- rated , underpaid and , at times , exasperating job in the world . Yet ... Sailboat delivery skipper was never an option at career day back in school . From the beginning , I knew I wasn't ...
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... sailboat and write books about my sailing adven- tures . That Christmas I asked Santa for a sextant and an ... sailboats came into my life . First a Sunfish , which we sailed on a northern Michigan lake that was so cold you only ...
... sailboat and write books about my sailing adven- tures . That Christmas I asked Santa for a sextant and an ... sailboats came into my life . First a Sunfish , which we sailed on a northern Michigan lake that was so cold you only ...
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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