To anyone interested in small-boat cruising and voyaging, the names
Lin and Larry Pardey need no introduction. As world-girdling
sailors who roamed the planet on a pair of small, engineless boats
that they built themselves, the Pardeys established their
hard-earned reputations by eloquently (and sometimes
controversially) telling their stories through a series of
best-selling books and manuals, and countless seminars and boat
shows. They have been called the first couple of cruising and have
remained true to their mantra: Go simple, go small, go now. And
after 200,000 miles of cruising under sail, they've demonstrated
that the dream of voyaging over the horizon is not only attainable,
it's affordable. The children of modest, middle-class families,
their message of accessibility into the world of cruising-of taking
your own floating home anywhere-has proved irresistible to tens of
thousands of sailors. Lin and Larry Pardey became cruising royalty
not solely due to their impressive deeds but also through their
rare ability to share what they'd learned across multiple media.
Seemingly every offshore cruiser knows who they are and what they
represent. Or do they? In As Long as It's Fun, the biography of Lin
and Larry Pardey, Herb McCormick recounts their remarkable sailing
career-from their early days in Southern California to their two
circumnavigations to their current life in a quiet cove in New
Zealand. Through interviews with their families, friends, and
critics, McCormick delves deeply into the couple's
often-controversial opinions, sometimes-tenuous marriage, and
amazing list of accomplishments. As Long as It's Fun is as much a
love story as it is a sea yarn, and, like all such stories, it's
not without complications . . . which makes it not only a sailing
tale but also a human one.
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