Flirting with MermaidsIn 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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... Red Sky by Morn 108 CHAPTER 7 She Drives Me Crazy 132 CHAPTER 8 Just Another Crossing 153 CHAPTER 9 Force Unlucky 172 CHAPTER 10 A Home Delivery 195 11 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Foreword W HEN I FIRST met John Kretschmer he.
... Red Sky by Morn 108 CHAPTER 7 She Drives Me Crazy 132 CHAPTER 8 Just Another Crossing 153 CHAPTER 9 Force Unlucky 172 CHAPTER 10 A Home Delivery 195 11 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Foreword W HEN I FIRST met John Kretschmer he.
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... force too - much - blow in the North Sea , she never gave her crew an anxious moment . And there was the sleek Swan 41 that blasted around Cape Hatteras in a November snorter and the graceful Hylas 44 that meandered in and out of the ...
... force too - much - blow in the North Sea , she never gave her crew an anxious moment . And there was the sleek Swan 41 that blasted around Cape Hatteras in a November snorter and the graceful Hylas 44 that meandered in and out of the ...
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... Force , as it was called then . He became a B - 26 pilot , went first to North Africa and then to Europe , and somehow sur- vived being shot down three times . After the war , he didn't want to fly anymore . He felt like he'd had his ...
... Force , as it was called then . He became a B - 26 pilot , went first to North Africa and then to Europe , and somehow sur- vived being shot down three times . After the war , he didn't want to fly anymore . He felt like he'd had his ...
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Contents
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 |
Other editions - View all
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery ... John Kretschmer Limited preview - 2018 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer No preview available - 2018 |
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