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Robert and Penny Powers continue their dream cruise aboard the
Coronado 35' sailing yacht named DRIFTER which began in Lake
Superior U.S.A. This Volume 2 begins at North Caicos Island enroute
to the Caribbean Sea. For the Final Dynamic Conclusion of the
Powers couple "once in a lifetime adventure," read "SAILAWAY - the
PASSAGE - Vol 3."
The Corporate Dragon is not a living being - neither human nor
animal. It's true identity is General Accounting Ledger #701-1
a/k/a the Corporate Dragon. It's mere existance in the
Corporation's accounting system invites Management employees, who
have any inclination toward dishonesty, to manipulate it for
personal benefit. 701-1 beckons to such employees to utilize it as
an untraceable method to embezzle funds from the Company.
Eventually the Dragon rises up and strikes out at the perpetrators
- destroying their careers and lives. The primary Protagonist,
Robert Sterling Powers, is a middle aged Corporate Executive
employed in a United States multi-billion dollar Commercial Finance
Corporation named TMA, Inc. headquartered in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. He is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a TMA Branch
Manager. In that position he is pressed into the task - by Senior
TMA Management - of unraveling a multi-million dollar fraudulent
scheme concocted by a few unscrupulous TMA Executives. Over a
period of months he and his Fiancee, Penny Olson, travel
extensively throughout the United States visiting key TMA Company
Branch Offices of which there are a total of thirty six. Before the
unraveling of the scheme is completed, Powers and Olson receive
death threats from the perpetrators and he is physically attacked
by two hired hit-men in a dimly lighted parking lot. Due to his
expertise in a special form of Martial Arts he survives the attack.
For his and Olson's personal security, he deems it necessary to
install a highly sophisticated Electric Eye Alarm System
surrounding his private residence near Minneapolis.In all there are
ten perpetrators involved. One committs suicide, another suffers a
fatal heart attack - and the other eight are dealt unusual and
severe punishment for their sins against the Company. The Corporate
Dragon is slain but leaves as it's legacy an unsolved mystery that
perplexes TMA Senior Management.
This story depicts an accounting of a husband and wife's
fullfilment of their one-year-long Dream Cruise from Lake Superior,
U.S.A. to the Caribbean Sea. Their ship is a thirty one year old
Coronado 35' center cockpit sloop rigged sailboat named DRIFTER.
She had been meticulously maintained from the day she came out of
the mold. Some ammenities were added, such as refrigeration, for
this liveaboard lengthy cruise. A wide variety of weather
conditions are experienced and vividly described. As one might
expect, they meet some very interesting characters as their voyage
progresses. Their cruising adventures take them across Lake
Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie. Transiting the East Coast of
the United States from New York to Florida, they utilize a
combination of the Intracoastal Waterway with several offshore
passages. From Florida they sail east through the Bahamas Islands
and Turks and Caicos Islands in route to the Caribbean Sea.
Thoroughly experienced sailors as well as true novices will find
this story very entertaining and informative. The moral of the
story is, "Don't bury your dreams in the shadows of your mind. Live
them while you have the chance. Anything is possible."
In the book SAILAWAY Vol 2 Robert and Penny Powers had achieved
their goal of sailing from Lake Superior, U.S.A to the Caribbean
Sea. At that point in time and the beginning of this adventure,
they were at St Croix Island in the West Indies, over 1,000 miles
from the east coast of the U.S.A. The time is January and they
continue to sail and play for another 10 weeks in the Sailor's
Paradise know as the Virgin Islands. Here they are faced with the
dilema of how to return their Coronado 35' sloop-rigged
center-cockpit yacht named Drifter back to the United States before
the hurricane season begins in the West Indies. After several
alternatives are ruled out, they are left with only one option,
that being to sail the yacht on a Passage of 700 miles offshore
with no additional crew. This Passage requires 7 consecutive days
and nights to reach San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. The actual
voyage through ideal sailing conditions as well as strong storms is
depicted in 'real world/real life' detail including the use of
'storm survival tactics'. From San Salvador they island-hop their
way to the U.S. Mainland ahead of the hurricane season beginning in
June. A great deal of preparation is done prior to departure for
"the PASSAGE" offshore from St Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands to San
Salvador Island, Bahamas. This is a wonderful story of fun and
adventure at Sea as life truly exists aboard a sailing yacht.
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