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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... passage through these true sea stories , you will brush with them , breathe the ocean world that John Kretschmer lives in , and giggle at its fanciful nature . Micca Leffingwell Hutchins SAILING Magazine August 1998 Flirting with ...
... passage through these true sea stories , you will brush with them , breathe the ocean world that John Kretschmer lives in , and giggle at its fanciful nature . Micca Leffingwell Hutchins SAILING Magazine August 1998 Flirting with ...
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... passage are already for- gotten . The leaks , the gales , the breakdowns , the quarrelsome crew : They fade away like a pale sunset . I am ready to go back to my waterfront office . I make my way to Fort Lauderdale , place a few phone ...
... passage are already for- gotten . The leaks , the gales , the breakdowns , the quarrelsome crew : They fade away like a pale sunset . I am ready to go back to my waterfront office . I make my way to Fort Lauderdale , place a few phone ...
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... passages , tropical islands and fountains of youth . I connive to keep my customer's dreams intact , even if I have to lie like a politi- cian when I turn the boat over at the end of a voyage . Dreams are private and fragile creations ...
... passages , tropical islands and fountains of youth . I connive to keep my customer's dreams intact , even if I have to lie like a politi- cian when I turn the boat over at the end of a voyage . Dreams are private and fragile creations ...
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... passages . I was 16 when it became obvious that my father was going to die , and I knew it was all my fault . I had made my pact with the devil long ago and now God was striking back at me . There is nothing as cold and numbing as a ...
... passages . I was 16 when it became obvious that my father was going to die , and I knew it was all my fault . I had made my pact with the devil long ago and now God was striking back at me . There is nothing as cold and numbing 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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