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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John Kretschmer. For Lesa , for understanding why I had to write and for Joe , who will never sail the boat he built Once I sat upon a promontory , And heard a.
John Kretschmer. For Lesa , for understanding why I had to write and for Joe , who will never sail the boat he built Once I sat upon a promontory , And heard a.
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... never . " " But have you heard her sing ? How can she sing under the water ? Who could ? She sometimes tries , but nothing comes from her but great bubbles . " " She should climb on to the rock . " " How can she , " he cried , quite ...
... never . " " But have you heard her sing ? How can she sing under the water ? Who could ? She sometimes tries , but nothing comes from her but great bubbles . " " She should climb on to the rock . " " How can she , " he cried , quite ...
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... never turned back . We are surprised when he is forced to turn the unseaworthy ISOLETTA - as beguilingly beautiful that she was - back east , but not disappointed . It was one of the rare times John Kretschmer was beaten by the mermaids ...
... never turned back . We are surprised when he is forced to turn the unseaworthy ISOLETTA - as beguilingly beautiful that she was - back east , but not disappointed . It was one of the rare times John Kretschmer was beaten by the mermaids ...
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... 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 eye of Hurricane Bob . Even the bad boats ...
... 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 eye of Hurricane Bob . Even the bad boats ...
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... never an option at career day back in school . From the beginning , I knew I wasn't cut out for the routine of timely expectations ; I resented the fact that my life was dictated by a clock . I could barely make it through a day of ...
... never an option at career day back in school . From the beginning , I knew I wasn't cut out for the routine of timely expectations ; I resented the fact that my life was dictated by a clock . I could barely make it through a day of ...
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 |
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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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