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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... ready to go back to my waterfront office . I make my way to Fort Lauderdale , place a few phone calls , drop off my laundry , and before long I am clear- ing the inlet , punching into the easterly swell again . Often my task is to coax ...
... ready to go back to my waterfront office . I make my way to Fort Lauderdale , place a few phone calls , drop off my laundry , and before long I am clear- ing the inlet , punching into the easterly swell again . Often my task is to coax ...
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... ready to die . He was just happy that at the end he had something to leave to his wife and kids . He wasn't haunted by the demons of regret ; he could face death square in the eye . Dr. Kervorkian's clients aside , dying well as a ...
... ready to die . He was just happy that at the end he had something to leave to his wife and kids . He wasn't haunted by the demons of regret ; he could face death square in the eye . Dr. Kervorkian's clients aside , dying well as a ...
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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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