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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Boating > Sailing
A story from the personal journal of Henriette Groot of a two day
visit by sailboat to a village in a remote lagoon in the Solomon
Islands. Her story offers a glimpse into the relationships among
people. What do we share? And how?
A look at youth sailing around San Francisco Bay as young sailors
thrive for the ultimate goal of reaching the America's Cup. Preview
of the 2013 Youth America's Cup and words of wisdom from members of
Oracle Racing Team USA.
Circadian Rhythm is the name of a boat that was the vehicle for
many summers of rollicking good times for a group of blue-collar
yachtsmen. This book describes these adventures and provides the
reader with a glimpse of the champagne life style on a beer budget.
The intrepid crew of Circadian Rhythm could barely make the month's
payment on the boat, but still managed to bang heads with the
"blue-bloods" of the New England sailing world and come out ahead.
This book is for the arm chair sailor and active sailor who enjoy a
good yarn with a few chuckles mixed in.
Hidden Harbours of Southwest Scotland is a lively tour of small and
infrequently visited harbours on the stunning Scottish coast and
its nearby islands, starting from Port Logan in the south and
meandering northwards to Lerags on Loch Feochan in the Firth of
Lorn. The southwest coast of Scotland is one of the most beautiful
cruising areas in the world, combining dramatic scenery with
interesting history and landmarks. Many of its shores are lined
with old castles and the magnificent historical houses of rich
industrialists, reflecting its significance as an area of busy
trade. The more recent military developments, which include a
wartime torpedo base at Loch Long and the naval headquarters at
Faslane on Gare Loch, also have a significant presence. Small
harbours further south were shaped by the trade in natural
resources and the flow of passengers via Clyde Puffer boats to and
from nearby cities such as Glasgow and beyond. Each hidden harbour,
many of which are simple but attractive piers or shipways built to
support trade, has a story to tell. The book includes a historical
overview plus notes on what is to be found at each, alongside full
colour photographs and annotated aerial shots. This edition
complements the other Hidden Harbours titles in the series by Dag
Pike.
THIS IS THE DIARY of a British sailboat's passage up the US
Intracoastal Waterway, observing America's lifestyle, history and
cultural paradoxes and written with gusto and empathy. It's a
well-crafted book steeped in the euphoria of travel and ending with
some sober thoughts on the demonic 9/11 attack on New York City. A
fascinating insight into early North American history set against
the backdrop of a boating adventure along the eastern seaboard from
Florida to New York. MOST PEOPLE EXPLORE North America from
coast-to-coast. Others journey up the eastern seaboard's
Intracoastal Waterway -- with its tricky ocean inlets, shallow
estuaries, violent climate - and have a very different perspective.
This is the fractured landfall along which intrepid sixteenth and
seventeenth century colonists from England first set foot in the
New World after crossing the Atlantic. In some places the coast is
still a raw, impenetrable wilderness; in others, the orderly
symmetry of restless humanity encroaches. A delightful and
informative read...
In 1998 Brec Morgan set off in his 27' Pacific Seacraft Orion to
sail around the world. He left from Block Island, Rhode Island, and
by the time he arrived in the Pacific via the Panama Canal, he was
convinced that it would be a solo circumnavigation. He crossed the
Pacific spending an idyllic summer cruising through Polynesia
before heading to New Zealand for the winter. This book is a
compilation of emails prepared from a journal he sent home from New
Zealand that chronicle his thoughts, experiences, and challenges in
his first year out. It includes "the rest of the story" in more
condensed form by supplying the draft material for his complete
round-the-world narrative for "Blue Water Sailing." So, this book
is more than the start of a dream come true, it finishes it by
bringing the reader along from New Zealand to Sri Lanka, the Suez,
the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and back to Block Island by way of
the Carribean.
In this recollection of a life-time of ocean sailing, Mike Gemus
describes his sailing roots racing on the Detroit River, the
blinding obsession with sailing he acquired, and the several
offshore ocean passages - including three Atlantic crossings - that
followed. True stories all of them, Mike brings you aboard to see
the storms, the ego-eccentric crew mates, the lunatic captains, and
the wonderful folks and experiences that came along during these
Ocean Passages. Written for the sailor and the non-sailor alike,
Ocean Passages compares with the offshore sailing stories written
by the great adventurers. Want to go yourself? Mike tells you how
to do it, how NOT to do it, and what surprises to expect along the
way.
Plans: Approaches to Brindisi Approaches to Otranto Approaches to
Gallipoli Approaches to Crotone
If you've ever dreamed of sailing off into the sunset with someone
you love, and seeing the world, you will love this book. It is
about young singles, cruising around on a beautiful yacht, skiing
in the Alps, scuba diving in exotic locales, living the LUSH LIFE.
it has elements of romance, drug dealing, getting caught, and
redemption. All this and a love story which I am hoping will appeal
to women as well as men. The protagonist, Ward Sheffield, get's
invited on a sailing trip to the legendary COCOS ISLAND, and has an
affair with the Captain's wife. They discover a chest of gold
coins, left by pirates, and decide to buy a boat together and go
cruising. They enlist friends as crew and take off for Europe.
Follow their sailing adventures in the Mediteranean, and their love
affairs which are cut short when they are busted returning to the
Bahamas with drugs aboard. The boat is confiscated and the Captain
jailed. In the end, the LUSH LIFE carries on unabashed.
A song to Pacific islands rooted in a far-ranging journey, Reach
for Paradise is the Pacific addition to the world's fine travel
literature. Written as he gained deep knowledge of the islands and
their peoples, their history and traditions, the influences that
have shaped their destiny, Rayner's story conveys the mystery and
marvel of travel to destinations denied most people. Intent on
exploring what if anything has survived of the paradise celebrated
by travelers of past centuries, Rayner bought a sailboat and set
off, picking up both boat and island knowledge as he ploughed
30,000 miles of ocean. A personal journey of delight, Reach for
Paradise is rich with information gleaned from Pacific peoples,
literature and observation. For Pacific voyagers, Reach for
Paradise is an invaluable source. If a guide, rather than
explaining how to get there it is the sort that will tell
thoughtful adventurers why to go. And what you miss if you can't.
Protected uniquely by distance and time, Pacific islands are
extraordinary, often meeting the old definition of that devalued
word "paradise" as a place that inspires blissful contentment.
Island spirits and magic, landscapes, the splendor of coral reefs,
the gift economy, Rayner defies you to argue that planet Earth has
any better elixir for a world-weary traveler.
FROM THE KIRKUS REVIEW: ""As a writer, Damato makes his
rehabilitation of the craft surprisingly interesting . . . his
pithy prose keeps the story speeding along.""
Do you have a dream to pursue but everyone says it's
unrealistic? Or that you're not qualified? Too old, too out of
shape? Or you don't have the "right experience?"
Glenn Damato was a forty-one year old software instructor who
sought to exceed the bounds of his comfortable but humdrum
existence. He embarked on an adventure for which he was miserably
unprepared. Why do this? The goal was to become something he was
not.
The "something" Damato strived to become was an ocean sailing
skipper. Overweight and without boating experience of any kind, he
decided to pursue his lifelong dream of sailing around the world on
his own vessel.
Reckless? Dangerous? Idiotic? Call it what you will, Damato was
determined to make the voyage a reality despite the obstacles.
Suddenly without the familiar security of his previous life,
Damato was forced to conquer his anxieties while at the same time
surviving the hazards and challenges of offshore sailing. As his
experience and confidence mounts, he discovers he has indeed
undergone a personal transformation - one quite different than he
originally hoped, and in some ways worthier than he imagined.
"Breaking Seas" is a tale of ocean voyaging, but it's not just
about sailing: the all-encompassing themes are rejection and
disappointment - and our common human quest to get the most out of
life despite being born into an imperfect universe.
Part sailing adventure, part philosophical pilgrimage, "Breaking
Seas" is for everyone who's ever wanted to embark on an enterprise
of some kind despite not meeting society's expected
"qualifications."
""This is a story about our desire to be elsewhere, reborn and
enhanced, because here and now are not enough,"" says Damato. ""But
don't expect a sugar-coated fairy tale with just what you want to
hear. I promise you an honest story truthfully told.""
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