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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... Sailors - United States -Biography . 6. Yachting . I. Title . G440.K927K74 1999 910.4'5 - dc21 98-47633 CIP Designed by Jeremiah B. Lighter Printed in the United States of America ISBN 1-57409-164-6 For Lesa , for understanding why I ...
... Sailors - United States -Biography . 6. Yachting . I. Title . G440.K927K74 1999 910.4'5 - dc21 98-47633 CIP Designed by Jeremiah B. Lighter Printed in the United States of America ISBN 1-57409-164-6 For Lesa , for understanding why I ...
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... sailor extraordinaire , we know he would not have liked the regimen , the requirements , the business aspect of it . For , above all else , John Kretschmer represents one of the great free spirits of this world . When you read about his ...
... sailor extraordinaire , we know he would not have liked the regimen , the requirements , the business aspect of it . For , above all else , John Kretschmer represents one of the great free spirits of this world . When you read about his ...
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... sailors weren't explorers anymore ; that was the province of astronauts . Astronauts had to be good students . That didn't bode well for me . Then Francis Chichester came into my life . I'll never forget the day when Gypsy Moth Circles ...
... sailors weren't explorers anymore ; that was the province of astronauts . Astronauts had to be good students . That didn't bode well for me . Then Francis Chichester came into my life . I'll never forget the day when Gypsy Moth Circles ...
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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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