Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery SkipperOver the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he disocvers the existence of Force 13 winds. Approaching Japan at the end of a particularly trying delivery, he finds himself sailing in "a high impact debris zone," but his resolve is unshaken. "If a piece of rocketship jetsam fell out of the sky and sank [me] after encounters with Hurricane Floyd, General Noriega,a tsunami, an erupting volcano, and Typhoon Roy, then it was meant to be." |
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... harbor , arm in arm and singing what Christer assured me were bawdy Swedish sea chanteys . A few years later , we were snug in front of a roaring fire , pas- sionately discussing the regrettable way most historians view the oceans ...
... harbor , arm in arm and singing what Christer assured me were bawdy Swedish sea chanteys . A few years later , we were snug in front of a roaring fire , pas- sionately discussing the regrettable way most historians view the oceans ...
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... harbor disappeared astern , falling off the edge of the world as the sky , horizon and water merged into a gray conspiracy . We were bound for the island of Guanaja , 700 miles away off the coast of Honduras . It was our first night out ...
... harbor disappeared astern , falling off the edge of the world as the sky , horizon and water merged into a gray conspiracy . We were bound for the island of Guanaja , 700 miles away off the coast of Honduras . It was our first night out ...
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... harbor . Although my heart was pounding , I smiled casually at Lesa and said quietly , " There's nothing to it . " The harbor shoaled rapidly and we had to get the anchor down quickly . I dashed forward while Stephen took the helm . I ...
... harbor . Although my heart was pounding , I smiled casually at Lesa and said quietly , " There's nothing to it . " The harbor shoaled rapidly and we had to get the anchor down quickly . I dashed forward while Stephen took the helm . I ...
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... harbor en- trance . From the way she described the situation , his very survival was in question . " Why don't you call the police , or the coast guard , or some- body with a boat ? " I asked , bewildered . " Because I can't trust them ...
... harbor en- trance . From the way she described the situation , his very survival was in question . " Why don't you call the police , or the coast guard , or some- body with a boat ? " I asked , bewildered . " Because I can't trust them ...
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Contents
1 | |
11 | |
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 |
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